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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8tQB5Cgp"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "ArianaL"] [Black "DavidP"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:42:21"] [WhiteElo "1115"] [BlackElo "1151"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 d5 { B01 Scandinavian Defense } 2. f3 dxe4 3. fxe4 Qd6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Ng5 Bd7 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O O-O-O 8. Bxa6 bxa6 9. Qg4 Be7 10. Qh5 Bxg5 11. Qh4 Bxh4 12. g3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qxg3+ 14. Kh1 Bb5 15. Rxf7 Ne7 16. Rxe7 h6 17. Rxg7 Rh7 18. Rxg3 Rg7 19. Rxg7 h5 20. d4 Rxd4 21. Bh6 Rxe4 22. Nc3 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 h4 24. Rxe6 Ba4 25. Rd6 Bxc2 26. Rxa6 Bb1 27. Rxa7 Bxa2 28. Rg8+ Kd7 29. Nb5 Kc6 30. Nxc7 h3 31. Rxa2 h2 32. Ra5 Kxc7 33. Rg6 Kb7 34. Rf5 Kc7 35. Rf7+ Kd8 36. Rg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
               11100ArianaL3
               00011DavidP2
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