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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TOJJToUv"] [Date "2026.02.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Mathias_Alexandru3"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.27"] [UTCTime "17:33:57"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1265"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+5"] [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. Bc4 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 Bd6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Bg5 c6 9. Bf4 Bc5 10. Bxe5 Nxe4 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 d5 13. Kh1 Bxf2 14. Re2 Rf5 15. Nc3 Rh5 16. Nxe4 Qf8 17. Rxf2 Qf5 18. Nd6 Qg6 19. h3 Bd7 20. Qf1 Rf8 21. Ng5 Rxg5 22. Rxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0