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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PPsWGNW7"] [Date "2026.10.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Dennis"] [Black "Grosu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.10"] [UTCTime "16:40:33"] [WhiteElo "1309"] [BlackElo "1046"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4. Qd3 Nf6 5. h4 Nd5 6. c4 Nf6 7. g4 Nc6 8. Bg2 Qe7 9. g5 Ng8 10. d5 Nb4 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bh3 Rb8 14. Qxb8 c5 15. Qxc8+ Qd8 16. Qa6 Ne7 17. Nc3 Nc8 18. Be3 Be5 19. Nxe5 d6 20. Nc6 Qd7 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. O-O-O Rd8 24. g6 fxg6 25. Bg5+ Kf7 26. Bxd8 Ke8 27. Qxc8 Kf7 28. Qd7+ Kf8 29. Bxe6 d5 30. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0