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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XAQ3zAAL"] [Date "2026.04.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Mathias_Alexandru3"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.10"] [UTCTime "16:43:56"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1265"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+5"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Nc6 3. e5 d5 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 Nf5 7. c3 g5 8. Bg3 Bg7 9. Bb5 fxe5 10. dxe5 a6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O d4 13. cxd4 Ncxd4 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Nc3 Qc5+ 18. Bf2 Ne3 19. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Rxf4 21. Ne2 Rg4 22. Qd8+ Bf8 23. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0