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[Event "Ruan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2Yign3ba"] [Date "2025.10.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.16"] [UTCTime "16:26:32"] [WhiteElo "1616"] [BlackElo "1341"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. Qxd4 f6 7. e5 fxe5 8. Qxe5 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qe3 Qe7 12. O-O-O c5 13. Bc4 a6 14. g4 e5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Rhg1 d6 17. h4 gxh4 18. Rg8+ Rxg8 19. Bxg8 h3 20. Qh6 Bg4 21. Rg1 h2 22. Rh1 Bf3 23. Rxh2 Bd5 24. Nxd5 Qd7 25. Qh8 O-O-O 26. Nb6+ Kc7 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 28. Qg7+ Kc8 29. Rh8 Kb8 30. Bd5 Rxh8 31. Qxb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0