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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TsYK5kTv"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidP"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.10"] [UTCTime "16:16:46"] [WhiteElo "1219"] [BlackElo "1810"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Qe3 Nb4 5. c3 Nc2+ 6. Kd1 Nxe3+ 7. dxe3 Nxe4 8. Ne5 Nxf2+ 9. Ke1 Nxh1 10. Be2 Qf6 11. Ng4 Qg5 12. Nf2 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Bd6 14. g3 Qf5+ 15. Kg2 b6 16. h4 Bb7+ 17. Kg1 Bxg3 18. h5 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1