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[Event "Sigurjónsson Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jgLcW352"] [Date "2025.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Robert2015"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.09.30"] [UTCTime "16:22:37"] [WhiteElo "1441"] [BlackElo "1570"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [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. Qe2 Nc6 5. Kd1 Nd4 6. Qh5 Nh6 7. Bb5 Qxf2 8. Re1 Bb4 9. d3 Qxc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1