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[Event "Kan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bKmaxxir"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "Stefanmartie"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.09"] [UTCTime "17:23:16"] [WhiteElo "1391"] [BlackElo "1484"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [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. Nh3 Qh4 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Qxe4+ 5. Be2 b6 6. Bd2 Qh4 7. Bg5 Qe4 8. O-O Qc6 9. Bf3 Qb5 10. Nxb5 Bb7 11. Nxc7+ Kf8 12. Nxa8 Bxf3 13. gxf3 h6 14. Bd8 Nc6 15. Bc7 Nf6 16. d5 Nxd5 17. a3 Ba5 18. b4 Nxc7 19. bxa5 Nxa8 20. Qxd7 Nb8 21. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0