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[Event "Ulrich Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eUpI0Kxc"] [Date "2025.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad2017"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.17"] [UTCTime "16:30:05"] [WhiteElo "1375"] [BlackElo "1657"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+66"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nh3 Qf6 4. Qe2 Nh6 5. e5 Qf5 6. Bd3 Qg4 7. f3 Qh4+ 8. Nf2 O-O 9. g3 Qg5 10. f4 Qe7 11. Qe4 d5 12. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0