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[Event "Ivanchuk Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NhnAYX3O"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "16:09:35"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [BlackElo "1457"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. Nge2 Ng4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Kxf2 e5 10. dxe5 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. h4 Qc5+ 13. Be3 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qf5+ 15. Bf4 Qxc2 16. Qe3+ Be7 17. Bd6 O-O 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Rac1 Qxb2 20. Na4 Qxa2 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. Nf4 b5 23. Nh5 g6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nxe8 bxa4 26. Qe5+ f6 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
            01000000LaurentiuCSI1
            10111111CristeaIon7
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