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[Event "Bledow Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rYCTgJSi"] [Date "2026.01.06"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.06"] [UTCTime "17:42:18"] [WhiteElo "1598"] [BlackElo "1362"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O dxe4 7. Bxe4 e5 8. Bg5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Qxd4 O-O 12. f3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Bb5 14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Be4 Bc5 16. Qe5 Qe8 17. Qxe8 Rfxe8 18. Bxc5 Nxe4 19. fxe4 Bc6 20. Re1 Rbd8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rd8+ Re8 25. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0