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[Event "Ruan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AONTg6qw"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.03"] [UTCTime "17:50:21"] [WhiteElo "1476"] [BlackElo "1376"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nh6 4. d3 Ng4 5. Ng5 Nxf2 6. Qh5 Qe7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
 1111101111100011011Markits14
 0000010000011100100Matvei20165
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