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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jjWUJkiq"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "Grosu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.10"] [UTCTime "16:22:36"] [WhiteElo "1778"] [BlackElo "1048"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Qe3 Na5 6. e5 dxe5 7. Qxe5 Bd7 8. Qxa5 b6 9. Qe5 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Qxh5 g6 12. Qe5 Qb8 13. Qxh8+ Bf8 14. Be4 f5 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxh7 Bc6 17. Qxg6+ Kd8 18. Qf6+ Be7 19. Qxe6 Be8 20. Qxf5 Bd7 21. Qd3 Bb4 22. Ne5 Bxc3 23. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0