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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5gwSEUyN"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "Marcus01"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:47:42"] [WhiteElo "1514"] [BlackElo "1441"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C24"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 { C24 Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit } exd4 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. c3 dxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. exd5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. d6 cxd6 10. Nb5 Be6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qe2 Nc5 13. Bb5+ Ncd7 14. Nf3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bb3 Nc5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 O-O 19. Ne5 Qa5+ 20. b4 Nd3+ 21. Qxd3 Qb6 22. Be3 Qc6 23. Nxc6 { Black resigns. } 1-0
        011110011011Marcus018
        100001100100Markits4
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