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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/GpnHb0FM"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Marcus01"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:21:36"] [WhiteElo "1427"] [BlackElo "1425"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [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 } e5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bb3 c5 5. Nc3 Be6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bxb3 9. cxb3 g6 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. a4 Rd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Qe5 17. Re1 Bd6 18. g3 Qe4+ 19. f3 Qxf3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
              010100Mate20172
              101011Marcus014
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