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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1tSuWCi7"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "LaiuDamian"] [Black "Petrica"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "16:41:25"] [WhiteElo "1354"] [BlackElo "1329"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-44"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Ba5 4. b4 Bb6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. c4 c5 7. bxc5 Ba5+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Qa5+ 10. Ke2 Qb4 11. a4 Qb2+ 12. Nbd2 Qb4 13. Rb1 Qxa4 14. Qxa4 Ng4 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nxg4 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Rg8 19. Qc2 Nc6 20. Qe4 Na5 21. Nc6+ Kf7 22. Qe7+ Kg6 23. Ne5+ Kf5 24. f4 Nxc4 25. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0