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[Event "Murray Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wAraZl0k"] [Date "2026.05.12"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.12"] [UTCTime "16:08:10"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1625"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nf6 6. Ba3 Nxe4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. Qd2 Nd5 9. O-O Qf6 10. Rfe1 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Rab1 b6 13. Bb2 Qg4 14. Be4 Nf4 15. g3 Ng6 16. Bxa8 Ba6 17. Rbd1 Ne5 18. Bxe5 d6 19. Bc6+ Kf8 20. Bxd6+ Kg8 21. Be7 Qc4 22. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0