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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UKC6oEXs"] [Date "2025.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Razvan8"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.16"] [UTCTime "17:36:24"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1670"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B44"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 { B44 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation } 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bf4 h6 10. Bh2 Bc5 11. a3 d5 12. e5 Nd7 13. b4 f6 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd2 fxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Ba6 18. Nf3 Rf5 19. Re1 c5 20. g4 Rf8 21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Qa4 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Bxd3 24. Rb7 Rxf3 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rd7+ Qf6 27. Bxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Qd7+ Kg6 30. Rg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0