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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0ru6MNtu"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:14:18"] [WhiteElo "1408"] [BlackElo "1443"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bb3 e4 5. Qf4 Bd6 6. Qf5 Bxf5 7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. f4 Qxg2 13. Rf1 Bh3 14. Rf2 Qg1+ 15. Ke2 Bg4+ 16. Rf3 Bxf3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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