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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/OjyWF1B1"] [Date "2026.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.04"] [UTCTime "16:04:57"] [WhiteElo "1579"] [BlackElo "1417"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Qe7 4. d4 Bd7 5. Bd3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bxb5 9. Nxb5 O-O-O 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 Qg5 12. Bxg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Nxa7+ Kb8 15. Nb5 Nxd5 16. Qa7+ Kc8 17. Rad1 c6 18. c4 Rhe8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 d4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Kb8 24. Qxg7 b5 25. Qxf7 Ka8 26. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
0000001000½100011100CiprianCiopa6
1111110111½011100011paliciucpavel17
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