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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Io2xm5Pw"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:22:23"] [WhiteElo "1511"] [BlackElo "1822"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. c4 Qd8 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Rb1 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 12. Be2 O-O 13. d4 Qe4 14. O-O e5 15. Bd3 Qxd4 16. c3 Qh4 17. g3 Qh3 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qe4 g6 20. Qxe5 Bf3 21. Qf4 Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1