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[Event "Sergeant Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XPu9gTYt"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "David_2014"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.10"] [UTCTime "17:31:23"] [WhiteElo "1445"] [BlackElo "1395"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Be2 Nh6 3. Bh5 Qf6 4. Qf3 e5 5. g4 g5 6. d3 Qxf3 7. Nxf3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nxe5 d6 11. Bxg5 Nxg4 12. Nxg4 Bxg4 13. Bxg4 Nc6 14. O-O-O Na5 15. Rdg1 c5 16. Be6 c4 17. Be7+ Kh8 18. Bf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0