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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SnKmhLuE"] [Date "2025.05.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.24"] [UTCTime "16:25:54"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1406"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 { C45 Scotch Game } Nxd4 5. Qxd4 b6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Qd2 Qf6 8. a3 d6 9. b4 Qxf2+ 10. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Nf6 12. Ba6 Bxa6 13. h3 Bb7 14. Re1 d5 15. e5 Nh5 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rxe6+ Kf8 18. Bd2 Kf7 19. Rae1 Bc8 20. Re7+ Kf6 21. Nxd5+ Kf5 22. g4+ Kg6 23. gxh5+ Kxh5 24. Rxg7 Rf8+ 25. Nf4+ Kh6 26. Reg1 Rxf4+ 27. Bxf4+ Kh5 28. Rxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0