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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/s5I6HJ4o"] [Date "2026.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Renas"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.09"] [UTCTime "16:41:39"] [WhiteElo "1612"] [BlackElo "1563"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-57"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bf4 g5 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Nxd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Nxf6+ Kf7 13. Nd7 Rc8 14. Nxc5 Rxc5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rc1 Re5+ 17. Be2 Nd5 18. f4 Nxf4 19. O-O Nxe2+ 20. Kg2 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Rd2 22. h3 Ree2 23. Rg1 Rxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1