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[Event "Grachev Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/v2zsjuVq"] [Date "2025.09.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "VictorPopescu"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.09.04"] [UTCTime "16:38:36"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1528"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+69"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C21"] [Opening "Center Game #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 { C21 Center Game #2 } Qf6 3. Nh3 d6 4. Bg5 Qe6 5. b3 exd4 6. Bc4 Qxe4+ 7. Kf1 b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Nf4 dxc3 10. Nxc3 Qe5 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. Nxc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Bxa8 14. Bb5 Qxb5+ 15. Kg1 Qxg5 16. Nh3 Nd4 17. b4 Qxg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1