[Event "Hourly Blitz Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cDF9VFuG"] [Date "2026.01.19"] [Round "-"] [White "elcrack8983"] [Black "NICHOLASU"] [Result "1-0"] [GameId "cDF9VFuG"] [UTCDate "2026.01.19"] [UTCTime "16:36:12"] [WhiteElo "905"] [BlackElo "849"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Qf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d4 Bb6 5. e5 Qf4 6. g3 Qf5 7. Bd3 Qg5 8. Bxg5 f6 9. exf6 gxf6 10. Bh4 Bxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nde2 f5 13. f3 Nh6 14. g4 e4 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 c6 17. g5 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Na6 19. O-O d6 20. Qe1 O-O 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qf1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Nc5 25. Bg3 Ne6 26. Nf4 Nxg5 27. b4 b5 28. a4 Ne4 29. Nxe4 d5 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Nxd5+ Kg6 32. Ne7+ Kg7 33. Nxc6 Kg8 34. axb5 Kg7 35. Nxa7 Kg8 36. b6 Kg7 37. b7 Kg8 38. b8=R+ Kg7 39. Rb6 Kg8 40. Na4 h5 41. Rd1 Kh7 42. Rd7+ Kh8 43. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0