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[Event "Monthly Chess960 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VOA3MDOY"] [Date "2023.12.25"] [Round "-"] [White "EdmonStrategist"] [Black "denom777"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.12.25"] [UTCTime "19:08:41"] [WhiteElo "1943"] [BlackElo "1543"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "brknrqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKNRQNB w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 h5 2. Qd3 h4 3. Qc4 h3 4. Qc3 hxg2 5. Qc4 gxh1=Q 6. Nc3 g6 7. Ne4 Bg7 8. Nf6 Bh6 9. Nd5 Bxe3 10. Qxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0