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[Event "Chess960 Shield Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3NX9ekZh"] [Date "2025.08.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Anyone-Some"] [Black "Chmpclub"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.17"] [UTCTime "14:34:30"] [WhiteElo "1253"] [BlackElo "1147"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-28"] [Variant "Chess960"] [TimeControl "180+2"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [Termination "Normal"] [FEN "qnnrkbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNNRKBBR w KQkq - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 a6 2. h5 Qa7 3. h6 Qa8 4. hxg7 Qa7 5. gxh8=Q Qa8 6. Qxg8 Qa7 7. Rxh7 Qa8 8. Rxf7 Qa7 9. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0