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[Event "Castling Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/iJlmuIWr"] [Date "2020.06.22"] [Round "-"] [White "FRoman"] [Black "Dominic"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.06.22"] [UTCTime "16:18:14"] [WhiteElo "1865"] [BlackElo "1262"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } exd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Nb5 a6 8. Nxc7+ Ke7 9. Qe2+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Qxa8 11. Be5 Ke6 12. Bd6+ Kxd6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxf7+ Kd7 15. Nxh8 Be7 16. Nf7 Qa7 17. O-O-O Ne4 18. f3 Nc5 19. dxc5 Nd8 20. Rxd5+ Kc6 21. Qc4 Nxf7 22. Rxf5 Nd6 23. cxd6+ Kxd6 24. Qd5+ Kc7 25. Rf7 Kb6 26. Rxe7 Qb8 27. Re6+ Ka7 28. Qc5+ Ka8 29. Bd3 b6 30. Qc6+ Ka7 31. Re7+ Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Ka8 33. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0