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[Event "Alekhine Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/C85xm4EL"] [Date "2025.02.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Daniil_Fadeev"] [Black "PopaIon"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.02.18"] [UTCTime "17:16:56"] [WhiteElo "1379"] [BlackElo "1321"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-24"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. d5 Bc5 3. e3 Qg5 4. f4 Qh4+ 5. g3 Qg4 6. Qxg4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bc5 8. b4 Bf8 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Qh5+ Kd8 11. f5 Ke7 12. e4 Nf6 13. Qg5 exf5 14. exf5 h6 15. Qd2 g5 16. b5 Rg8 17. Bc4 Rg7 18. Ba3+ Ke8 19. Qe2+ Kd8 20. Bxf8 Rf7 21. Bxh6 Rh7 22. Bxg5 Rh3 23. Bxf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0