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[Event "Bacrot Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FSnvGkdw"] [Date "2026.02.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.12"] [UTCTime "17:33:19"] [WhiteElo "1507"] [BlackElo "1639"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [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. Bc4 Nc6 3. d3 Nf6 4. e5 Nxe5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nd5 8. c4 Nb4 9. a3 Na6 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Nc5 12. Bg5 Nxb3 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. Qg7 Re8 15. Qf6+ Re7 16. Ra2 Nd4 17. Qh8+ Re8 18. Qf6+ Re7 19. c5 Bxc5 20. b4 Bb6 21. Ne2 Nc2+ 22. Rxc2 d6 23. exd6 cxd6 24. Qh8+ Re8 25. Qxh7 Rf8 26. f4 Bd7 27. f5 exf5 28. Nf4 Be3 29. Nd5 Bb6 30. Qg7 Re8+ 31. Kf1 Bb5+ 32. Rc4 Bxc4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
01101101101½11111010RomanSereda23½
10010010010½00000101Markits8½
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