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[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5vaEOUul"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidP"] [Black "maaaaaaaaaaaaaark"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "16:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1064"] [BlackElo "1294"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { C23 Bishop's Opening } g6 3. Bxf7+ Kxf7 4. Qf3+ Ke8 5. Qg3 Nf6 6. Qxe5+ Kf7 7. Nh3 Bd6 8. Ng5+ Kg7 9. Qe6 dxe6 10. Nxe6+ Kf7 11. Nxd8+ Ke8 12. Nxb7 Nxe4 13. f3 Nf6 14. Na5 Na6 15. Rf1 Nb4 16. Rf2 Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 Nxa1 18. Re2+ Kd7 19. Nc4 Bc5 20. Re5 Ba6 21. Rxc5 Rhe8 22. Ra5 Re7 23. Rxa6 Rae8 24. Rxa7 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1