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[Event "Chess960 Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vNtGcjuB"] [Date "2025.08.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Stahanov"] [Black "Chmpclub"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.17"] [UTCTime "14:02:18"] [WhiteElo "2368"] [BlackElo "1148"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "rknbqrbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKNBQRBN w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 a6 2. h5 Ra7 3. h6 Ra8 4. hxg7 Ra7 5. gxh8=Q Ra8 6. Qxg8 Ra7 7. Qxf8 Ra8 8. Qxe8 Ra7 9. Ng3 Ra8 10. Qxd8 Ra7 11. Ne4 Ra8 12. Nc5 Ra7 13. Ne6 Ra8 14. Nxc7 Ra7 15. Nb5 Ra8 16. Qc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0