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[Event "Ruan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4RkX7bAJ"] [Date "2025.10.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Stefanmartie"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.16"] [UTCTime "16:51:36"] [WhiteElo "1717"] [BlackElo "1132"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bb4+ 3. c3 Bf8 4. Bd3 d6 5. Nf3 f6 6. O-O e5 7. Re1 exd4 8. cxd4 g5 9. Nc3 g4 10. Nd2 g3 11. hxg3 h5 12. d5 Bg4 13. f3 Bc8 14. Bb5+ c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ba4 Ba6 17. b3 f5 18. exf5+ Be7 19. Bb2 h4 20. gxh4 Rxh4 21. Ncb1 Nh6 22. f6 Nf5 23. fxe7 Nxe7 24. Bf6 Rf4 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Ne4 d5 28. Nc5 Bf1 29. Qxf1 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Kd6 31. b4 Ke7 32. Qe3+ Kd6 33. Qe6+ Kc7 34. Qe7+ Kc8 35. Bxc6 Nxc6 36. Qd7+ Kb8 37. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0