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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vETaTwwe"] [Date "2025.02.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "PopaIon"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.02.06"] [UTCTime "17:10:24"] [WhiteElo "1422"] [BlackElo "1662"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-263"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Barnes Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 f6 { B00 Barnes Defense } 2. Bc4 e5 3. Qh5+ Ke7 4. Qf7+ Kd6 5. d4 Nh6 6. Qd5+ Ke7 7. Bd2 c6 8. Bb4+ c5 9. Bxc5+ d6 10. Bb4 Ng4 11. Nf3 Na6 12. Bb5 Nxb4 13. Qc4 Na6 14. O-O Nc7 15. Ba4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qc5+ Qd6 18. Qb5 Bd7 19. Qxb7 Qb8 20. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0