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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oJJcK72a"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:14:50"] [WhiteElo "1366"] [BlackElo "1859"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. Qe2+ Be6 6. Ba4+ c6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Nd1 O-O 9. Ne3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Ng4 11. Qf3 Na6 12. Nh3 Nc5 13. Ng5 Nxa4 14. h3 Ne5 15. Qe3 Nc4 16. Qd3 Qxg5 17. h4 Qxg2 18. Rf1 Bh3 19. Ke2 Rae8+ 20. Kd1 Naxb2+ 21. Bxb2 Nxb2+ 22. Kc1 Nxd3+ 23. cxd3 Qxf1+ 24. Kb2 Qxd3 25. Rh1 Qxd2+ 26. Kb3 Bg2 27. Rh2 Be4 28. h5 Qc2+ 29. Ka3 Qc3+ 30. Ka4 b5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1