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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8fVJw4FH"] [Date "2025.08.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "AlexandrG"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.08.26"] [UTCTime "16:12:56"] [WhiteElo "1625"] [BlackElo "1688"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+26"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. d5 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation } Nd4 4. c3 Nb5 5. a4 Nd6 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 Nxc4 8. Bxc4 d6 9. a5 Bd7 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Ra4 Bxa4 13. Qxa4+ b5 14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Qb3 Rxa5 17. Bd2 Ra1+ 18. Ke2 Qg4+ 19. f3 Qxg2+ 20. Ke3 Qxh1 21. Qb5+ Ke7 22. Qc6 Qxg1+ 23. Kd3 Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Qc4+ 25. Ke3 Qd4+ 26. Ke2 Qc4+ 27. Kf2 Qf1+ 28. Ke3 Rd1 29. Qc7+ Kf6 30. Bc3 Qg1+ 31. Ke2 Qf1+ 32. Ke3 Qg1+ 33. Ke2 Re1+ { Black wins on time. } 0-1