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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LueNolqg"] [Date "2026.10.20"] [Round "-"] [White "LaurentiuCSI"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.20"] [UTCTime "16:37:54"] [WhiteElo "1626"] [BlackElo "1868"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+22"] [BlackRatingDiff "-23"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+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. d3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7+ 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. d4 Qg5 15. g3 Bh3 16. Re1 f5 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Qa4 f4 19. Bb3 fxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. Qc4 Qf5 22. f4 Qe4 23. Rxe4 Bf5 24. Re7 Bg6 25. Rxc7 Bf7 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qd5 Re7 28. Qxh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0