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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7NSE8gb3"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucaous28"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "16:02:25"] [WhiteElo "1483"] [BlackElo "1888"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+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 Nd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. d3 Be7 7. Bg5 Bxg5 8. Nxg5 Qxg5 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. d4 O-O 11. dxe5 Re8 12. e6 Rxe6 13. Qxe6 dxe6 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Bd3 Qxg2 16. Rf1 e5 17. Be2 Bh3 18. Rd3 e4 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. f3 exf3 21. Bxf3 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1