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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XL286WzY"] [Date "2025.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "EdChiriac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.16"] [UTCTime "17:10:55"] [WhiteElo "1886"] [BlackElo "1232"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense #4"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 { C42 Petrov's Defense #4 } Nc6 5. d4 b5 6. Bxb5 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8. d5 Ng4 9. dxc6 Qh4 10. cxd7+ Ke7 11. Nxh4 Bg7 12. Bg5+ Bf6 13. Bxf6+ Nxf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Re1 c6 16. Rxe5+ Kd8 17. Bxc6 Kc7 18. Bxa8 Kd8 19. Qd6 Nxd7 20. Bc6 Kc8 21. Qxd7+ Kb8 22. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0