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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5ii4c7Bl"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "mateipascu"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:22:29"] [WhiteElo "1522"] [BlackElo "1804"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. h3 Ngxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Qe3 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxe3+ 11. Bxe3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 14. Bd4 Qf5 15. Kd2 e5 16. Bd3 Qf4+ 17. Be3 Qa4 18. Bc2 Qc6 19. f3 Qd6+ 20. Bd3 f5 21. f4 e4 22. Ke2 Qxd3+ 23. Kf2 Qxc3 24. Rac1 Qb2+ 25. Bd2 Qxd2+ 26. Kg3 Qe3+ 27. Kh2 Qxf4+ 28. Kg1 e3 29. Rf1 Qd4 30. Kh2 e2 31. Re1 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qd2 33. Kf2 Qd4+ 34. Kxe2 O-O 35. Rd1 Re8+ 36. Kf3 Qe3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1