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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CwBaSGpD"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:41:02"] [WhiteElo "1295"] [BlackElo "1567"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qxc5 d6 5. Qa3 e5 6. Qb3 Nh6 7. c3 Rf8 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Ng4 10. Bh6 Qf6 11. Bc1 d5 12. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 13. Kd1 Qf1+ 14. Kc2 Qe2+ 15. Kc3 Qe3+ 16. Kc4 Qxc1+ 17. Qc3 Qg5 18. Qh3 c6 19. Qxh7 cxd5+ 20. exd5 Ne3+ 21. Kb3 Qxd5+ 22. Ka3 Qa5+ 23. Kb3 Be6+ 24. d5 Bxd5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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