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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5O6fssho"] [Date "2025.04.24"] [Round "-"] [White "David19"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.24"] [UTCTime "16:27:13"] [WhiteElo "1461"] [BlackElo "1439"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Qf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 d5 4. e5 Ne7 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Ba4 Nf5 7. Kd1 Qe7 8. Nc3 Nh4 9. Qh3 Bb6 10. Nf3 Qc5 11. d4 Qxd4+ 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxh4 Na6 14. Be3 Bxe5 15. Bd4 Bb8 16. Qg4 Kd8 17. Qxg7 Re8 18. Qxf7 e5 19. Be3 d4 20. Bg5+ Re7 21. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0