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[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/DEf7WH6B"] [Date "2020.08.06"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidR"] [Black "SaraH"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.08.06"] [UTCTime "11:34:47"] [WhiteElo "1212"] [BlackElo "1295"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-23"] [BlackRatingDiff "+51"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "480+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 Bb4+ 3. Kd1 Qg5 4. Qb5 Qxb5 5. e4 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1