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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7b8U1Z3B"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:29:07"] [WhiteElo "1679"] [BlackElo "1402"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Qf3 f5 3. Bd3 Nh6 4. Nh3 Nf7 5. O-O Ne5 6. Qf4 Nxd3 7. cxd3 Nc6 8. Qg3 Nb4 9. Na3 Nd5 10. Nc2 Nb4 11. Nxb4 Bxb4 12. a3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 b5 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Ng5 b4 16. Rb3 a5 17. g3 Rb8 18. Nxh7 Rf7 19. Qh8+ Rf8 20. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
0000000½010000001000Mate20172½
1111111½101111110111RomanSereda23½
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