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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gsUNO81q"] [Date "2025.04.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Mih-Matei_16"] [Black "Contautomat2002"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.09"] [UTCTime "14:17:33"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1539"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. c3 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. e5 Be7 6. exf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 d5 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Qe3 Nb4 14. cxb4 c6 15. Qf4 g5 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 h6 19. Nh3 Rb8 20. Bc2 f6 21. Qh5 e5 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0