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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ds0T4ijK"] [Date "2020.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Neville"] [Black "Dominic"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.16"] [UTCTime "17:17:55"] [WhiteElo "1924"] [BlackElo "1550"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Qh5 Bc5 3. Qxc5 Qf6 4. e5 Qf5 5. Bd3 Qg5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Qxc7 Na6 8. Bxa6 bxa6 9. d4 Qg4 10. Bg5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. h3 Qxg2 13. Rg1 Qxf3 14. Bh4 Nh6 15. Rg3 Qh1+ 16. Ke2 Nf5 17. Rf3 Nxd4+ 18. Ke3 Nxf3 19. Bxf6 O-O 20. Be7 Re8 21. Bf6 Qc1+ 22. Kxf3 Qxb2 23. Bxb2 Rf8+ 24. Ke3 Rf5 25. Qc3 Bb7 26. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0