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[Event "Ilyin-Genevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AkUFSWkV"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "17:38:28"] [WhiteElo "1967"] [BlackElo "1841"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Ndb4 6. a3 Na6 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Na5 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. O-O d6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxa5 dxe5 14. Rxe5 O-O 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Nc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qd6 18. Kh1 Bh4 19. Be3 Qg6 20. Qb4 Rfe8 21. Qxh4 Re5 22. Rad1 Rh5 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. Bd4 Qh6 25. Qxc7 Rxh2+ 26. Qxh2 Qg6 27. Rg1 Qc2 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Qxh7 Qxh7+ 30. Rxh7 Kg8 31. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
10001001000000010000ioan2011½
01110110111111101111Alex_Alex26½
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