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[Event "Napier Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/EVcGCI7z"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "EdChiriac"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:02:59"] [WhiteElo "1270"] [BlackElo "1642"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 Nxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bc4 Qf6 7. Nxe5 Bc5 8. Qe2 Nxe5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Ng4 12. h6 Rxe2+ 13. Kxe2 Nxh6 14. g4 Qxf2+ 15. Kd3 Nxg4 16. Rxh7 Qd4+ 17. Ke2 d5 18. Bxd5 Kxh7 19. d3 Ne5 20. Bd2 Bg4+ 21. Kf1 Rf8 22. Re1 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1