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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zwhMy2UW"] [Date "2021.01.18"] [Round "-"] [White "PopovIlie06"] [Black "nectarie"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.01.18"] [UTCTime "17:55:18"] [WhiteElo "1066"] [BlackElo "1289"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-17"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. e5 b5 5. Bxb5 c6 6. Ba4 Ng8 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Ne4 Bb4 9. a3 Bf8 10. Ra2 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nxf6+ Ke7 13. d4 c5 14. Bxh6 Bxh6 15. dxc5 d6 16. c6 d5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Ng4 Bg5 19. Nh6 Bxh6 20. Nh3 a5 21. b3 Rf8 22. Qh5 Bc1 23. Qxa5 Rxa5 24. g4 e5 25. bxc4 Ke8 26. Rg1 Qh4 27. Rh1 Qxh3 28. f3 Qxf3 { Black wins on time. } 0-1