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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cAMwPLZE"] [Date "2026.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Mathias_Alexandru3"] [Black "Fiodor2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.09"] [UTCTime "16:41:39"] [WhiteElo "1359"] [BlackElo "1127"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+53"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Ne4 4. Qd3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 c5 6. Bg5 c4 7. Qxc4 Na6 8. Bxd8 Nb4 9. cxb4 b5 10. Qxb5 a6 11. Qb6 a5 12. Bh4 Ra6 { Black resigns. } 1-0