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[Event "Kramnik Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rvTY36ZJ"] [Date "2026.03.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Dennis"] [Black "Daniel-7"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.21"] [UTCTime "17:00:03"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+162"] [BlackRatingDiff "-163"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Ware Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 a5 { B00 Ware Defense } 2. Qe2 Ra6 3. Nh3 Re6 4. Nf4 Rxe4 5. Qxe4 Nc6 6. Nd3 Nf6 7. Qe3 Nh5 8. Be2 Nf6 9. h4 Nb4 10. Nxb4 axb4 11. Rh3 Nh5 12. Bxh5 d5 13. Be2 Qd7 14. Qa7 Qxh3 15. gxh3 c5 16. Qa8 d4 17. Qxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0