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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/X2WwJ7aE"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir-Gh"] [Black "Grosu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "16:02:46"] [WhiteElo "1682"] [BlackElo "1121"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c4 d6 7. Qe2 Qe7 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. e5 O-O-O 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qd2 Nb3 13. axb3 a5 14. b4 axb4 15. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0