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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3LZzHdiq"] [Date "2020.10.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Aurelian"] [Black "GrigoreG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.24"] [UTCTime "16:58:01"] [WhiteElo "1838"] [BlackElo "1365"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 Nc6 5. d5 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 exd5 8. cxd5 Ne5 9. Bb5 Nf6 10. d6 O-O 11. Ne2 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. f3 Nh5 15. O-O g5 16. Nbc3 Rc8 17. Nd5 Rc5 18. Ne7+ Qxe7 19. dxe7 Re8 20. Qxg5+ Ng7 21. Nd4 Rc7 22. f4 Ng6 23. f5 Ne5 24. f6 h6 25. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0