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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7wgN1Eyn"] [Date "2025.12.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei_Ghensari11"] [Black "ButnaruDelia"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.11"] [UTCTime "16:45:23"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } c6 3. Na4 Na6 4. Qh5 b5 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e5 Ke7 7. Qg5+ Ke8 8. Bd3 Qb8 9. Nf3 b4 10. Ne4 Bc8 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Nh6 13. Bc4 Qb6 14. Na6 Qxa6 15. Bxa6 d5 16. d4 c5 17. Bd2 Kd7 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. Nf3 Kc6 20. Nxd4+ Kd7 21. Bxb4 Bxa6 22. Be7 { White wins on time. } 1-0