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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MHu23cwo"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "16:41:25"] [WhiteElo "1850"] [BlackElo "1616"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O Ne7 9. Ne5 Qe6 10. Re1 Nbc6 11. Nc4 Qg6 12. Qxd5 Rd8 13. Qxc5 Rd4 14. Be3 Rg4 15. Nd6+ Kd7 16. g3 Qf6 17. Rd1 Qxb2 18. Nc4+ Ke6 19. Qd6+ Kf5 20. Rd5+ Ke4 21. Nxb2 Nxd5 22. Nd2+ Kf5 23. Qxd5+ Kf6 24. Ne4+ Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Rd8 26. Qf4+ Kg6 27. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0