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[Event "Daily Rapid Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z5EXz6Jo"] [Date "2020.03.13"] [Round "-"] [White "Kristian"] [Black "AndreiCernen"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.03.13"] [UTCTime "18:40:49"] [WhiteElo "1625"] [BlackElo "1520"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Bd2 Bxc3 4. Bxc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 b6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. d5 exd5 11. Rxd5 Bb7 12. Rg5 f6 13. Rg3 Qc5 14. Bc4+ d5 15. Bb3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Na6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kh8 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Rd1 Be2 21. Rd7 h5 22. Rxc7 Rg8 23. Rh3 g6 24. Kd2 Rad8+ 25. Ke1 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 g5 27. Rxf6 a5 28. Rh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0