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[Event "Best play Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jIfRhAey"] [Date "2020.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_10"] [Black "Sofia"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.07.24"] [UTCTime "16:49:49"] [WhiteElo "1794"] [BlackElo "1249"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense } 3. Qf3 Bc5 4. Nh3 d5 5. exd5 Bxh3 6. Qxh3 a5 7. Qf3 Ba7 8. d3 c6 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. O-O Ng4 12. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0