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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HGfGyapN"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:42:43"] [WhiteElo "1610"] [BlackElo "1768"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Bd2 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Nxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qh4 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Kh1 Qg5 16. Rg1 Rad8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. c4 Rd2 19. Qe1 Rxc2 20. a4 Bxa4 21. Qd1 Ra2 22. Qd4 Rd2 23. Qxa7 Bc6 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rc2 26. Ra1 Bxg2+ 27. Kg1 b5 28. e4 bxc4 29. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
 ½110110111½10111010ioan2013
 ½001001000½01000101paliciucpavel6
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