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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/uVZiTQdV"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Razvan8"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:25:32"] [WhiteElo "1501"] [BlackElo "1826"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Qh5 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Nf6 12. a3 Ne7 13. Bb4 Nfd5 14. Bc5 Nf4 15. Qe4 Neg6 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. g4 Qxh3 18. Qxf4 Ng6 19. Qxc7 Qxg4+ 20. Kh2 Qxf3 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qd8+ Kf7 23. Qc7+ Ke8 24. Rfe1 Qxf2+ 25. Kh3 Qf3+ 26. Kh4 g5+ 27. Kxg5 h6+ 28. Kg6 Qf6+ 29. Kh5 Qg5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1