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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xL8uLs7h"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "AndreeaMaria123"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:04:00"] [WhiteElo "1857"] [BlackElo "1670"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+23"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qh4 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. Be2 dxe4 8. Ne5 Qf5 9. Bg4 Qf6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. h4 Nh6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Qxg6 fxg6 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxe6+ Kb8 19. Rb2 Re8 20. Kd2 Rxe6 21. Ra1 Rd6 22. Rab1 Ka8 23. Rxb7 c5 24. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0