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[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FnQVp2qe"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Yakub19"] [Black "AlexandrG"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "16:14:31"] [WhiteElo "1870"] [BlackElo "1586"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "D20"] [Opening "Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 { D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Central Variation, McDonnell Defense } 4. d5 c6 5. Bxc4 cxd5 6. Bxd5 Ne7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxd8 { Black resigns. } 1-0