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[Event "Botterill Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/79cmgGqE"] [Date "2025.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:24:28"] [WhiteElo "1506"] [BlackElo "1696"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { C23 Bishop's Opening } Qh4 3. Qf3 f6 4. Qe2 d5 5. Bxd5 Bg4 6. Qb5+ c6 7. Bf7+ Kxf7 8. Qc4+ Be6 9. Qc3 b6 10. d4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. gxh3 Qxe4+ 14. Kf1 Qxh1+ 15. Ke2 Qxc1 16. Qc4+ Kg6 17. Qg4+ Kf7 18. Qc4+ Ke8 19. Qe6+ Kd8 20. Qd5+ Kc8 21. Qxa8 Qxb2 22. Nc3 Qxa1 23. Nb5 Qg1 24. Nxa7+ Kd7 25. Qd5+ Ke8 26. Qe6+ Ne7 27. Nc8 Qxf2+ 28. Kd1 Bb4 29. c3 Bxc3 30. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
10000101000011010010Matei201725
01111010111100101101Vlad22011750
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