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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UjB5xgvQ"] [Date "2020.12.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_1234"] [Black "Brawl"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.25"] [UTCTime "17:00:55"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "1731"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-24"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c4 c5 3. Be3 cxd4 4. Bxd4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. e3 d6 8. c5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 dxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne5 O-O 15. Nxd7 Qd6 16. Nxf8 Bxf8 17. Rad1 Qe5 18. Qe4 Qg5 19. Qf4 Qh5 20. Rd7 f6 21. Rxb7 Rd8 22. Qc7 Rd2 23. Qg3 g6 24. Rb8 Kg7 25. Qc7+ Kg8 26. Qc8 Qh6 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Rb7+ Kh8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Rb8 Qg7 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0