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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2U0stpaH"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Gabisor"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:41:14"] [WhiteElo "1745"] [BlackElo "1923"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-24"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Petrov's Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 { C42 Petrov's Defense #2 } Qe7 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Nxe4 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. O-O a6 13. Bg5+ f6 14. Re1 Be4 15. f4 Qf5 16. g4 Qg6 17. f5 Qxg5 18. Rxe4 axb5 19. Qe2 Kd7 20. Qxb5+ c6 21. dxc6+ Kc7 22. Qxb7+ Kd8 23. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0