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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KmdZQEeL"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:17:00"] [WhiteElo "1875"] [BlackElo "1893"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. d5 exd5 9. Qxd5 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Qxb2 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Qe4 g6 14. Rfb1 Qa3 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Qd4 b6 17. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0