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[Event "Kramnik Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HsGnpChK"] [Date "2026.03.21"] [Round "-"] [White "MaximBasac2015"] [Black "Petrica"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.21"] [UTCTime "17:36:59"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "1289"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qh4 3. Nc3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. g3 Qd8 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Bxd5 Na6 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qxd8 Nb4 11. Qd2 Bh3 12. Nxh3 Nf6 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14. Ne6 Ng4 15. Qg5+ Kf7 16. Qxg4 Rae8 17. Qf5+ Ke7 18. Qxc5+ Kxe6 19. Qxb4 Kf6+ 20. Kf1 Re7 21. Qf4+ Kg6 22. Ne4 Rhe8 23. Qg5+ Kf7 24. Nd6+ Kf8 25. Nxe8 Kxe8 26. Qb5+ Kd8 27. Kg2 g5 28. Rd1+ Kc7 29. Qc5+ Kb8 30. Qxe7 Kc8 31. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0