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[Event "von Gottschall Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/hkl7baWB"] [Date "2025.11.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Robert2015"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.06"] [UTCTime "17:51:28"] [WhiteElo "1452"] [BlackElo "1508"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Ne5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 Bxd4 6. Qf3 Qg6 7. g3 Nc6 8. e5 dxe5 9. Bd3 e4 10. Bxe4 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qc3 fxe4 14. Qxc7 Qf5+ 15. Ke2 Qf3+ 16. Kd2 e3+ 17. Kc3 Qxh1 18. Bxe3 Qf1 19. Bg5 Ne7 20. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0