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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1nwlrupN"] [Date "2026.08.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.20"] [UTCTime "16:35:17"] [WhiteElo "1751"] [BlackElo "1427"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #3"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 { C41 Philidor Defense #3 } Nf6 4. d3 Qe7 5. Bg5 Be6 6. Bxe6 Qxe6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nc3 O-O-O 10. Nd5 Qe6 11. Ng5 Qg6 12. Qg4+ Kb8 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 f6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Nf7 Rh4 17. Qxh4 Re8 18. d4 Nb4 19. c3 Nc2 20. Rac1 Nb4 21. cxb4 d5 22. e5 fxe5 23. dxe5 d4 24. Qxd4 g5 25. Qd7 Bxb4 26. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0