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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/171d6dwE"] [Date "2026.09.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Mihail1960"] [Black "garbuzserghei"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.23"] [UTCTime "13:04:08"] [WhiteElo "1713"] [BlackElo "1892"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+56"] [BlackRatingDiff "-58"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 { C42 Petrov's Defense #2 } Bc5 4. d4 Bb6 5. Nd3 O-O 6. c3 Nxe4 7. f3 Nf6 8. Be2 c5 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. f4 Bxb2 13. Nxb2 Qxb2 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Qb1 Qd4 16. Rf1 Re8 17. g3 Nb4 18. Nb3 Nd3+ 19. Kd1 Nb2+ 20. Kc1 Qc3+ 21. Qc2 Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 24. Qd1 Qe3+ 25. Qd2 Qg1+ 26. Kc2 Qb6 27. Re1 h6 28. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0