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[Event "Sergeant Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XFawIIFB"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "-"] [White "DanielOprea"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.10"] [UTCTime "17:39:44"] [WhiteElo "1326"] [BlackElo "1317"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Nh6 3. Qe2 Qf6 4. e5 Qf5 5. g4 Nxg4 6. f3 Nxe5 7. Bb3 Bc5 8. Na3 Nxf3+ 9. Nxf3 Nc6 10. Nh4 Qf4 11. Ng2 Nd4 12. Qd1 Ne2 13. Qxe2 Qf5 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nce3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ba6 17. Nxf5 Rb8 18. Qe3 Rb6 19. Qg5 Rf8 20. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0