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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/GG2RobKq"] [Date "2020.12.17"] [Round "-"] [White "McGonagall"] [Black "nectarie"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.17"] [UTCTime "17:45:03"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1260"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+87"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } g5 3. f4 gxf4 4. Bxf4 f5 5. exf5 exf5 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. Qe5 Nf6 10. Bg5 Ng4 11. Qxh8+ Bf8 12. Bxd8 Kxd8 13. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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