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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gELDW3NX"] [Date "2025.08.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Vvictoria_Procopiuc1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.05"] [UTCTime "16:36:46"] [WhiteElo "1514"] [BlackElo "1268"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. d5 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation } Nd4 4. Nh3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nf6 7. cxd4 Nxe4 8. f3 Nc3 9. Nxc3 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13. d6 cxd6 14. Ng5 b5 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Nf7+ Kg8 17. Nxd8+ Kh8 18. Qf7 Bb7 19. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0