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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VcNVNuFu"] [Date "2020.12.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Ops_MS"] [Black "France_Defence"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.21"] [UTCTime "18:03:45"] [WhiteElo "1814"] [BlackElo "2109"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. f3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Qxd6 6. e3 c5 7. Nb5 Qb6 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Qb3 a6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nge2 Na5 14. Qc2 b5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. a3 O-O 18. O-O Rfc8 19. h4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rfb1 Rca8 22. Rb4 Qxb4 23. axb4 Rxa1+ 24. Kh2 h6 25. Qd3 Rb8 26. e4 dxe4 27. fxe4 Ng4+ 28. Kg3 h5 29. Nf4 Ra3 30. Nxh5 e5 31. d5 Rc8 32. Qf1 Rcxc3+ 33. Qf3 g6 34. Nf6+ Nxf6 35. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 36. Kf2 Nxe4+ 37. Ke2 Bg4+ 38. Ke1 Rc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1