[Event "Morning Daily Classical Arena"]
[Site "https://chessrook.com/A1eNIeTXOr"]
[Date "2026.07.29"]
[White "michael875"]
[Black "kononov1988"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "420+0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "chessrook.com"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Nc6 3. d5 exd5 4. exd5 Qe7+ 5. Ne2 Ne5 6. a3 b6 7. Nbc3 Bb7 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bf4 O-O-O 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. Qd3 Re8 12. f4 Qxf4 13. Qd2 Qe5 14. O-O-O Bd6 15. Qd3 Kb8 16. Kb1 Qe3 17. Nb5 Qxd3 18. Rxd3 Nxd5 19. h4 Be5 20. h5 Nf6 21. h6 g6 22. Nec3 d5 23. b4 a6 24. Nd4 Ne4 25. Nd1 Ng3 26. Rxg3 Bxg3 27. Bd3 c5 28. Nf3 f6 29. c3 Bd6 30. Kb2 Re6 31. Nf2 Bg3 32. Ng4 Rhe8 33. b5 f5 34. bxa6 fxg4 35. Ng5 Bc8 36. a7+ Kxa7 37. Nxe6 Bxe6 38. Rf1 Re7 39. a4 Be5 40. Re1 Bf7 41. Kb1 c4 42. Bc2 Be8 43. Ka2 Kb7 44. Bd1 Bd7 45. Bc2 Kc7 46. Bxg6 Kd6 47. Bb1 Bxa4 48. Ka3 Ra7 49. Rc1 Bb3+ 50. Kb2 d4 51. Rf1 d3 52. Rf2 b5 53. Rd2 Ba4 54. Bxd3 cxd3 55. Rxd3+ Kc5 56. Re3 Bd6 57. Re4 Re7 58. Rxg4 Re6 59. Rg5+ Kc4 60. Rg4+ Kd5 61. Rg5+ Kc6 62. Rg8 Re2+ 63. Kb1 Be5 64. g3 b4 65. Ra8 Re1+ 66. Ka2 Kb5 67. Rg8 Re2+ 68. Kb1 Bxc3 69. Rd8 Re1+ 70. Rd1 Bxd1 71. Ka2 Bc2 72. g4 Ra1# { White is checkmated } 0-1