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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8BwAzxBv"] [Date "2026.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.09"] [UTCTime "16:17:52"] [WhiteElo "1622"] [BlackElo "1590"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } d5 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 Qf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 Qf5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Ne5 f6 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Nxg6 fxg5 13. Nxh8+ Kd7 14. Qf7+ Ne7 15. O-O cxb5 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5 18. Rfe1 Kc6 19. Nxe7+ Kb6 20. Nxc8+ Kc6 21. Re6+ Kd5 22. Qd7+ Kc4 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Na6 25. Re4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
          000101½100Dacian202443½
          111010½011AlexandrG6½
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