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[Event "Topalov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ja7VRINC"] [Date "2025.03.08"] [Round "-"] [White "PopaIon"] [Black "B144I"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.08"] [UTCTime "17:43:27"] [WhiteElo "1303"] [BlackElo "1504"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Be2 g6 3. Nh3 Bg7 4. Nf4 Nf6 5. Nxe6 dxe6 6. f4 Nxe4 7. f5 gxf5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. d3 Nc5 10. d4 Ne4 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bh5 O-O 14. c3 Nb5 15. Qc2 Qh4 16. Be2 Be5 17. Bxb5 Qxh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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