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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9ClEQEzo"] [Date "2026.07.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Mathias_Alexandru3"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.23"] [UTCTime "12:38:47"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1289"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+5"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. d3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bf4 e5 6. Bg3 Bc5 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. h3 Qe7+ 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bxf3 14. Rg1 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nh5 17. Bh2 Qf6 18. O-O-O Qxf2 19. Bxc7 Rxe2 20. Qa5 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Rxc2 22. Rgf1 Rxb2+ 23. Ka1 Qc2 24. d6 Bd4 25. d7 Rxa2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1