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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/u8yS71AP"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Cristi_63"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:38:41"] [WhiteElo "1673"] [BlackElo "1911"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-18"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } Bc5 4. Bc4 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Ng4 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Nxe5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Bd5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Qh5 Qxd3 18. Rae1 f5 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Rxf5 Bxf5 21. Qxh6+ Bh7 22. Bxe5+ Nxe5 23. Rf1 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1