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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ESxFvKrm"] [Date "2020.12.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladislav"] [Black "Dominic"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.02"] [UTCTime "17:52:03"] [WhiteElo "1523"] [BlackElo "1511"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Nc3 Qf6 4. d4 Bxd4 5. Nxd4 Nh6 6. g3 Ng4 7. Qxg4 d5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Kd8 10. O-O dxe4 11. Bg5 e5 12. Bxf6+ gxf6 13. Qxe4 c5 14. Qd5+ Ke8 15. Bb5+ Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6+ Kd8 18. Qxf6+ Kc7 19. Qxh8 Bb7 20. Qxe5+ Kb6 21. Qf6+ Ka5 22. Qxf7 Bc8 23. Qc7+ Kb4 24. a3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0