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[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Gw9WSXKd"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Petrica"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "16:06:53"] [WhiteElo "1569"] [BlackElo "1326"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } Bc5 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. c3 Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bg5 Bxg5 7. Nxg5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Qxg5 9. Nd2 Qxe5+ 10. Be2 g5 11. Nc4 Qb5 12. Qd4 e5 13. Nxe5 h5 14. Bxb5+ c6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxc6+ Nxc6 17. Qxh8 Kf8 18. O-O g4 19. Rad1 g3 20. fxg3 Bb7 21. Rd7 Rb8 22. Rdxf7+ Ke8 23. Qxg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                  11AlexandrG2
                  00Petrica0
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