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[Event "van den Bosch Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2O3kzyZb"] [Date "2026.04.29"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidBoteZ"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.29"] [UTCTime "16:22:34"] [WhiteElo "1640"] [BlackElo "1570"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-77"] [BlackRatingDiff "+13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 Ng4 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. Qe2 Bd7 7. e6 fxe6 8. Ne5 Nf6 9. f4 Ne4 10. f5 Bd6 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qh6 Bxe5 14. Qg7 Bxg7 15. Bb5+ c6 16. Bd3 b5 17. Bxb5 cxb5 18. d3 Qa5+ 19. c3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ 21. Bd2 Qxd2+ 22. Kf1 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
               11½11CristeaIon4½
               00½00DavidBoteZ½
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