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[Event "The rook Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AfgyWkNc"] [Date "2020.09.01"] [Round "-"] [White "PVlad"] [Black "Mihaita6"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.09.01"] [UTCTime "15:53:10"] [WhiteElo "1478"] [BlackElo "1469"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Barnes Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 f6 { B00 Barnes Defense } 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Na5 4. Nh4 g5 5. Nf5 e6 6. Nd4 e5 7. Nf3 g4 8. Nh4 h5 9. Bd3 d6 10. f3 gxf3 11. Nxf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Be2 f5 14. d3 fxe4 15. dxe4 Bh6 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Rf1 Ke7 18. Nf3 h4 19. Nxh4 Nh5 20. Bxh5 Re8 21. Ng6+ Ke6 22. Bxh6 Rg8 23. Bg4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0