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[Event "Polugaevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7aHfFS5U"] [Date "2026.02.07"] [Round "-"] [White "Alexandruruga1"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.07"] [UTCTime "17:13:22"] [WhiteElo "1271"] [BlackElo "1349"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-95"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 Qf6 3. e3 Nh6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nh4 Qxh4 6. g3 Qf6 7. g4 e5 8. Bxh6 Qxh6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Qd5 Ne7 12. Qxe5 Bxg4 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. exf4 Bf3 15. Nc3 Bxh1 16. Rd1 Bf3 17. Rd3 Be4 18. Rd5 Bxd5 19. Ke2 Bxa2 20. Ne4 Bc4+ 21. Kf3 Bxf1 22. Kg3 Bh3 23. Kxh3 f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. f5 exf3 26. f6 gxf6 27. c4 f2 28. b4 f1=Q+ 29. Kg4 Nf5 30. c5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 Qd3 32. Kf4 Qa3 33. Kxf5 b6 34. cxb6 axb6 35. Kxf6 Kd7 36. Kg7 Ra7 37. Kxh8 Qf8+ 38. Kxh7 Ra2 39. Kg6 Rg2+ 40. Kh5 Qh8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1