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[Event "Chigorin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rPVh3lJN"] [Date "2025.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "matteooo11"] [Black "Nichita_S"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.28"] [UTCTime "17:44:18"] [WhiteElo "1548"] [BlackElo "1321"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+58"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Knight Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 { C40 King's Knight Opening } Ke7 3. c3 Kd6 4. Nxe5 Kc5 5. d4+ Kd6 6. Nxf7+ Ke7 7. Ng5 Kf6 8. e5+ Kf5 9. Nh3 Ke4 10. Bd3+ Kd5 11. Bc4+ Kxc4 12. b3+ Kb5 13. Qe2+ Kc6 14. Qe4+ d5 15. Qf3 Kd7 16. Qxd5+ Bd6 17. e6+ Ke8 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Qxg5 Bxh2 20. Rxh2 Kf8 21. Qf5+ Ke7 22. Nf4 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Nf6 24. Rxh7 Nxh7 25. a4 Nc6 26. d5 Kd6 27. Nxc7 Nf6 28. Qxf6+ Kxc7 29. Qxg7+ Ne7 30. Qxh8 Rxh8 31. d6+ Kxd6 32. Nd2 Rh1+ 33. Nf1 Nf5 34. O-O-O+ Ke5 35. Ng3 Rxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Nxg3 37. fxg3 a6 38. b4 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. g4 { White wins on time. } 1-0