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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/27XpKyeD"] [Date "2026.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "Dan169"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.02"] [UTCTime "16:29:26"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1409"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-28"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 g5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d3 b5 5. Bb3 b4 6. Nxg5 f6 7. h4 h6 8. Qh5+ Ke7 9. Qf7+ Kd6 10. c4 Kc6 11. Ba4+ Kb7 12. Be3 Ka6 13. Bb5+ Ka5 14. a3 d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. axb4+ Kxb4 18. Nd2 Kxb5 19. Nge4 Kb4 20. Nc3 Nxd5 21. Ra4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0