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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8NQptOgD"] [Date "2026.10.08"] [Round "-"] [White "LaurentiuCSI"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.08"] [UTCTime "16:24:18"] [WhiteElo "1665"] [BlackElo "1406"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. h3 Nc6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qe7 6. d3 Be6 7. Be2 O-O-O 8. O-O Qe8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5 Rxd5 14. Qb3 Rd8 15. d4 exd4 16. Bf4 Bb4 17. a3 Be7 18. Bb5 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Nxc6 Re6 23. Nxa7+ Kd8 24. Bxe8 Rexe8 25. Qd5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
00½½0101000010000010CiprianCiopa7
11½½1010111101111101LaurentiuCSI16
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