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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WglMx8bt"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Alex_Alex"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:17:31"] [WhiteElo "1691"] [BlackElo "1956"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B08"] [Opening "Pirc Defense: Classical Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 { B08 Pirc Defense: Classical Variation } 5. Bc4 h6 6. h4 O-O 7. Bf4 Bg4 8. Qe2 Nfd7 9. O-O-O e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe2 12. Rd2 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxc4 14. h5 g5 15. f4 f6 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5 Qe7 19. exd6 Qd7 20. Re1 Nc6 21. Ne4 Rae8 22. Nc5 Rxe1+ 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Rf1+ 25. Kd2 Qxd6+ 26. Ke3 Qxc5+ 27. Ke4 Qd5+ 28. Ke3 Qd4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1