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[Event "Korchnoi Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/D9TaekxY"] [Date "2025.03.18"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan2014"] [Black "denysan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.18"] [UTCTime "17:48:21"] [WhiteElo "1563"] [BlackElo "1417"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d3 Qf6 4. Nh3 Nh6 5. Bg5 Qxb2 6. Nd2 O-O 7. O-O Ng4 8. Qxg4 Re8 9. Rfe1 Rf8 10. Reb1 Qxc2 11. Rd1 f6 12. Bh6 Rf7 13. Nf3 g5 14. Nfxg5 fxg5 15. Qxg5+ Rg7 16. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0