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[Event "Ponziani Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/r1yorLJO"] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Razvan8"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.10"] [UTCTime "17:31:30"] [WhiteElo "1616"] [BlackElo "1401"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-18"] [BlackRatingDiff "+18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qh4 3. Nf3 Qxe4+ 4. Be3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 f6 8. Ng4 f5 9. Ne5 d6 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Bc4 Ng4 12. Ng5 Nxe3 13. Nxe4 Nxd1 14. O-O fxe4 15. Rfxd1 Rf8 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Rab1 d5 18. Bxd5 c6 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bf1 e3 21. Rxe3+ Kd8 22. Rf3 g5 23. Bd3 g4 24. Rf4 Bxd3 25. Rxf8+ Kd7 26. Rf6 Bxc2 27. Rb4 Bd3 28. d5 Na6 29. Rd4 Bc4 30. dxc6+ Kc7 31. Rd7+ Kb6 32. Rf5 Kxc6 33. Rxh7 Re8 34. Rf6+ Kc5 35. Rxa6 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1