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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Vgqz4ttn"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "16:16:30"] [WhiteElo "1601"] [BlackElo "1350"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-19"] [BlackRatingDiff "+19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 Ne5 4. Nxe5 f6 5. Nxd7 Qxd7 6. d4 Bc5 7. Bb5 c6 8. dxc5 Qc7 9. O-O cxb5 10. Nxb5 Qxc5 11. Qd3 a6 12. Nd6+ Ke7 13. Nxc8+ Qxc8 14. Re1 Nh6 15. e5 fxe5 16. Qe4 Nf7 17. Bg5+ Kd6 18. c4 Qc5 19. b3 Nxg5 20. Qg4 h6 21. Rad1+ Ke7 22. h4 Nf7 23. Qh5 Nd6 24. Rxe5 Raf8 25. Rxc5 Rf6 26. Qe5 Nf7 27. Rc7+ Kf8 28. Qc5+ Kg8 29. Qe3 Kf8 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Qb6 Rxc8 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Qd7+ Kf8 34. Qxc8+ Ke7 35. Qc5+ Ke8 36. Qd4 Kf8 37. Qd3 Kg8 38. Qc2 Kf8 39. Rd8+ Ke7 { Black wins on time. } 0-1