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[Event "Vidmar Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Obh5AnvC"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex2017"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "16:28:05"] [WhiteElo "1124"] [BlackElo "1738"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nf3 e6 2. e4 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nh6 3. h4 g6 4. h5 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nh4 Re8 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. hxg6 f6 10. e5 fxe5 11. Bf5 exf5 12. g4 fxg4 13. f4 exf4+ 14. Kf1 g3 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. Rh5 Qe7 18. Rh8+ Kxh8 19. c5 Qe2+ 20. Kg1 Qf2+ 21. Kh1 Qh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                  00Alex20170
                  11paliciucpavel2
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