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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cTzBD8bl"] [Date "2020.12.19"] [Round "-"] [White "dragutraisa"] [Black "nectarie"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.19"] [UTCTime "17:39:51"] [WhiteElo "2251"] [BlackElo "1244"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 cxd4 4. Qxd4 f6 5. Nb5 e5 6. Nd6+ Ke7 7. Qc5 b6 8. Nxc8+ Ke6 9. Qc3 Nc6 10. Qc4+ Kf5 11. Nh4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0