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[Event "Holt Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fWNT6RJT"] [Date "2025.10.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.30"] [UTCTime "17:30:43"] [WhiteElo "1654"] [BlackElo "1536"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d4 Bb6 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nh3 e5 8. g4 d5 9. Bxd5 h5 10. Qf3 hxg4 11. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0