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[Event "Estrin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NtEGqjXo"] [Date "2026.01.29"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.29"] [UTCTime "17:00:54"] [WhiteElo "1606"] [BlackElo "1664"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. e5 Nh5 9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Bc1 Kh8 12. Re1 Nc6 13. c4 Nf4 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Bxf4 d6 17. Nh4 f5 18. Qh5 Nxc2 19. Bxc2 c6 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 cxd5 22. Nxd6 Rxf4 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Qxf7 Qg8 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qd4+ Qg7 28. Qxd5 Rb8 29. g3 Rb2 30. Re8+ Qg8 31. Qxg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
01½000½001011000½110RomanSereda8½
10½111½110100111½001paliciucpavel18½
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