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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gKdsxY7o"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "16:19:49"] [WhiteElo "1592"] [BlackElo "1902"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. Qf3 Ne5 5. Qf4 Bd6 6. Qe3 Neg4 7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qe3 Nfg4 9. Qf4 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Bxf4 11. g3 Bh6 12. f3 Ne5 13. Nh3 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Qf6 15. f4 e5 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. O-O O-O 19. Rb1 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 d6 21. Nxc7 Bxh3 22. Rg1 Rac8 23. Nb5 Qf2 24. Nxd6 Rc6 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Na5 Rc5 27. Nb3 Bg4 28. Nxc5 Bf3+ 29. Rg2 Qf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1