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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cy3i7dJv"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Delia1"] [Black "Tiberiu1"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "17:44:42"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Qd3 e5 7. Kd1 exf4 8. Ke1 Nb4 9. Rd1 Nxd3+ 10. Rxd3 Bf5 11. Nxd5 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Qd7 13. e3 fxe3 14. fxe3 Qb5 15. e4 O-O-O 16. Be2 Qxb2 17. a4 Ne7 18. Bf1 Nxd5 19. exd5 Rhf8 20. Rg1 Rfe8+ 21. Be2 Qxe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1