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[Event "Pachman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/uTSG9epH"] [Date "2026.04.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.09"] [UTCTime "16:22:13"] [WhiteElo "1821"] [BlackElo "1486"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [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. Nc3 d4 5. Nb5 c6 6. Nbxd4 c5 7. Nb5 Bd7 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. g3 a6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. Ne5 f6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ Kf8 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. O-O h6 17. d3 h5 18. Re1 Qd8 19. Bf4 g5 20. Bd2 h4 21. gxh4 Bd6 22. hxg5 Bc7 23. gxf6 Qd6 24. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0