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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mkEjieue"] [Date "2025.08.16"] [Round "-"] [White "DANIEL16"] [Black "david781"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.16"] [UTCTime "07:15:24"] [WhiteElo "1110"] [BlackElo "1556"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+42"] [BlackRatingDiff "-48"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "900+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Ng5 Qe7 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Nce4 Bxd4 8. Nf3 Bxa1 9. Qd2 Bd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nh6 12. Nd6+ cxd6 13. Qd1 Ng4 14. f3 Ne5 15. g4 Qh4+ 16. Kd2 Nc4+ 17. Kc3 Qf6+ 18. Kxc4 b6 19. Qd4 Ba6+ 20. Kc3 Qg5 21. Bxg5 e5 22. Qxd6 Rc8+ 23. Kb3 Bb7 24. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0