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[Event "Botterill Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8zT1Kv8b"] [Date "2025.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Iaroslav2016"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:05:56"] [WhiteElo "1608"] [BlackElo "1532"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-93"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 { C40 King's Pawn Game: McConnell Defense } 3. Nc3 Bd6 4. Bc4 Nh6 5. Nd5 Qe6 6. Nxc7+ Kd8 7. Bxe6 dxe6 8. Nxa8 Nc6 9. Qe2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qd3 Bd7 12. Qxd4 Ke7 13. Nc7 Bxc7 14. Qb4+ Ke8 15. d3 g5 16. Bxg5 Ng8 17. Qxb7 f6 18. Qa8+ Kf7 19. Qxa7 Ne7 20. Qxc7 Be8 21. Qf4 Rg8 22. Qxf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0