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[Event "Chess960 Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/U2cS2141"] [Date "2026.06.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Motto2"] [Black "Acc-for-losing"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.21"] [UTCTime "16:06:30"] [WhiteElo "1646"] [BlackElo "801"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "nnrbkqbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRBKQBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 a5 2. h5 b6 3. h6 b5 4. hxg7 b4 5. gxh8=Q b3 6. Rxh7 bxa2 7. Qxg8 axb1=Q 8. Rh8 Qxc1 9. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0