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[Event "Kramnik Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xX2IuKCH"] [Date "2026.03.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Tihon_Constantin"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.21"] [UTCTime "17:29:04"] [WhiteElo "1671"] [BlackElo "1798"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+102"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C44"] [Opening "King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 { C44 King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation } 3. d3 h6 4. Nc3 Qf6 5. Nd5 Qd6 6. g3 Nb4 7. Nxb4 Qxb4+ 8. c3 Qd6 9. Bh3 Qf6 10. Qa4 Qxf3 11. O-O a6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qd1 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 d6 15. a4 Bxh3 16. axb5 Bc8 17. Ra2 Be6 18. Rxa6 Rb8 19. c4 Nf6 20. Rda1 Ra8 21. Rxa8+ Kd7 22. R1a7 Ng4 23. b6 Nxe3 24. Rxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0