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[Event "Kasparov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/F9JBc62e"] [Date "2025.09.23"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.23"] [UTCTime "16:16:45"] [WhiteElo "1631"] [BlackElo "1714"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qh4 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d5 exd5 5. exd5 Bc5 6. Qe2+ Ne7 7. Be3 Bxe3 8. Qxe3 O-O 9. Bd3 g6 10. Ne4 Nxd5 11. Qd4 Nf4 12. Nf6+ Kh8 13. Nxd7+ Kg8 14. Nf6+ Kh8 15. Nh5+ Kg8 16. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0