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[Event "The Rook Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NtX8zzXM"] [Date "2020.07.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Aurelian"] [Black "FRoman"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.07.02"] [UTCTime "16:42:34"] [WhiteElo "1710"] [BlackElo "1886"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-22"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Breyer Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. d4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Breyer Variation } 4. d5 Nd4 5. Nf3 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 d6 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. h3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qg3 Bh4 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. Ne2 Bxh3 13. Qxh3 Nxe4 14. Ng3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Rb8 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0