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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BRLSaObn"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "16:25:54"] [WhiteElo "1584"] [BlackElo "1363"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } Bc5 3. Nf3 Nh6 4. c3 Ng4 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Qh4 7. g3 Qh5 8. Be2 Qxe5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nf3 Qf5 11. Bd3 Qd5 12. c4 Qh5 13. Nh4 Qe5 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. a3 Ng4 16. Qxg4 Qc5 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. b4 Qh5 19. Bxc7 Nc6 20. Qf6 e5 21. b5 Nd4 22. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0