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[Event "Rose98 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/p1C2jCke"] [Date "2026.07.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.11"] [UTCTime "16:12:56"] [WhiteElo "1542"] [BlackElo "1790"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steiner Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. c4 { C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation } Bc5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ne5 Nxe4 5. Qh5 O-O 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qh3 Nc6 8. Ng4 g6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qg3 Re8 14. Bh5 Bf5 15. d3 Bxd3 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. Rd1 gxh5 18. Nc3 Ng4 19. Bd2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Nxf2 21. Rf1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Rae1 Qxg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1