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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vGn1IWE5"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "16:10:00"] [WhiteElo "1772"] [BlackElo "1355"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense #4"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 { C42 Petrov's Defense #4 } Nc6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bg5 O-O-O 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qe6 11. Be2 Be7 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. O-O Rhe8 14. Nd4 Qxe5 15. Rfe1 Bc5 16. Bb5 Bxd4 17. Rxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. Qg5 Red8 20. a3 Nxc2 21. Rc1 Nd4 22. Qxe5 Nb3 23. Rf1 b6 24. Qe4 Nc5 25. Qa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0