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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FJ0nalDC"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "mihai9"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:30:08"] [WhiteElo "1380"] [BlackElo "1379"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Qf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. c3 Nc6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. cxd4 Bxd4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 Bc5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 a6 12. Nd4 b5 13. Bd3 c5 14. Nxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Ba6 16. a4 Bxb5+ 17. Ne2 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 Bxa4 19. b3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Nf4 c4 23. Nxd5 cxb3 24. Nb6 Qxb6 25. f3 Qa5 26. g4 Qa1+ 27. Kg2 Qa2+ 28. Kg1 Bc5+ 29. Kf1 Qa6+ 30. Kg2 Qa2+ 31. Kf1 Ke7 32. g5 Rd8 33. gxh6 Rd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
       1110011010½00mihai96½
       0001100101½11Mate20176½
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