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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/G8Tx2KXi"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "ceavdarialexandr"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:33:00"] [WhiteElo "1587"] [BlackElo "1575"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C47"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 { C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation } Bd6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Re1 Re8 9. Be3 Ne6 10. Bc1 Nc5 11. b4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxb4 13. Bd2 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Bd7 18. Qe2 a6 19. Qe7 Qf8 20. Qxd7 Qd8 21. Qe7 Qe8 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0