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[Event "Rated Rapid tournament https://lichess.org/tournament/sc4PbfBZ"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WfNRoLY2"] [Date "2025.04.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Academie22"] [Black "ariana_capraru"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.28"] [UTCTime "15:41:00"] [WhiteElo "1303"] [BlackElo "1514"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+210"] [BlackRatingDiff "-44"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Nd4 4. Nxd4 c5 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Bxd5 Qe7+ 9. Ne2 Be6 10. Bxa8 Nf6 11. d4 g6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne5 Ne4 14. O-O Bc4 15. Bc6+ Qd7 16. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0