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[Event "Rook Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BY9wDQQX"] [Date "2020.06.30"] [Round "-"] [White "simion-2020"] [Black "Nichita"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.06.30"] [UTCTime "16:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-163"] [BlackRatingDiff "+162"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nxe5 dxe5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Qf3 Qd6 7. Qxf7+ Kd8 8. Qxg7 Ne7 9. Qxh8+ Kd7 10. O-O Qd4 11. Qf8 Ng6 12. Qf7+ Kd6 13. Qxh7 Nf8 14. Qh3 Bxh3 15. gxh3 Qxc4 16. h4 Qxe4 17. h5 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Na6 19. h6 Re8 20. Rg1 Qe2 21. Nc3 Qxf2 22. Rg4 Qf1+ 23. Rg1 Qf3+ 24. Rg2 Re6 25. h4 Rxh6 26. Kh2 Rxh4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1