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[Event "Vidmar Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oCvT6tRZ"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "16:16:21"] [WhiteElo "1559"] [BlackElo "1448"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-19"] [BlackRatingDiff "+20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bd3 Bd6 3. c4 Qf6 4. b3 Bc5 5. f3 Qxa1 6. Qc2 Qd4 7. Ba3 Qf2+ 8. Kd1 Qf1+ 9. Bxf1 Nc6 10. Bxc5 b6 11. b4 bxc5 12. bxc5 Nd4 13. Qb2 Nc6 14. Nc3 Ba6 15. Na4 Bxc4 16. Qc3 Bxf1 17. Qxg7 Nd4 18. Qxh8 Be2+ 19. Kc1 Bb5 20. Qxg8+ Ke7 21. Qxa8 Ne2+ 22. Kc2 Bxa4+ 23. Kb2 Nxg1 24. Qxa7 Bd1 25. Qa4 Ne2 26. Qxd1 Nd4 27. Qc2 Nxc2 28. Kxc2 d6 29. Rb1 dxc5 30. Rb7 Kd6 31. Rxc7 Kxc7 32. Kc3 Kc6 33. Kc4 Kb6 34. a4 Kc6 35. a5 Kb7 { Black wins on time. } 0-1