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[Event "Holt Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BVOUzAMt"] [Date "2025.10.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.30"] [UTCTime "17:25:20"] [WhiteElo "1650"] [BlackElo "1397"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [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 } Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4. e5 Be7 5. f4 Bh4+ 6. g3 Be7 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qh3 f5 9. g4 fxg4 10. Qxg4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Ng8 12. Qh3 h5 13. f5 exf5 14. Nf3 g5 15. Bxg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Rg1 Qxg1 18. Qxf5 Ne7 19. Qf6 Rf8 20. Qh6 Qxh2 21. Qg7 Qxb2 22. Be2 Qxa1 23. Bxh5+ Rf7 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
   01011000000000001Mate20174
   10100111111111110Vlad22011713
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