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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FqvhMxf8"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:57:27"] [WhiteElo "1828"] [BlackElo "1611"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } Nh6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Ne4 e6 4. Nf3 f5 5. Neg5 Bg7 6. e4 fxe4 7. Nxe4 O-O 8. Bd3 d5 9. Neg5 e5 10. O-O e4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 b6 13. Nfg5 Bb7 14. f4 Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Qd5 16. c3 Bf6 17. Rf2 Bxg5 18. Qf3 Rxf4 19. Qg3 Qxe4 20. d3 Qd5 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Na6 23. Qxh6 Re8 24. Raf1 Qe6 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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