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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1VgeonQH"] [Date "2021.02.19"] [Round "-"] [White "mihaiplostinaru"] [Black "Ericene"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.02.19"] [UTCTime "17:16:23"] [WhiteElo "1624"] [BlackElo "1164"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-21"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } c6 3. d3 b5 4. Nbd2 a6 5. Ne5 f6 6. Nef3 h5 7. Be2 Be7 8. Nh4 Rh6 9. Ndf3 Bb7 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nd4 e5 12. Bxh5+ Kf8 13. Ng6+ Kg7 14. Nf5+ Kh7 15. O-O Bc5 16. a3 Bc8 17. b4 Ba7 18. Qd2 Bb7 19. Nfe7 Qc7 20. Nxg8 Kxg8 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22. Ng6+ Ke8 23. Qxh6 d5 24. Qh8+ Kd7 25. Nf8+ Kd6 26. Qxf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0