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[Event "Vidmar Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/OlDO2cKc"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "AlexandrG"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "16:27:11"] [WhiteElo "1487"] [BlackElo "1625"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-18"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C61"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 { C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation } 4. Bf1 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Bxf6 Bxf3 9. Bxd8 Bxg2 10. Bxg2 Rxd8 11. Nc3 Rd7 12. Nd5 c6 13. Ne3 Re7 14. O-O-O Re6 15. Rdf1 Rg6 16. Bh3 Rh6 17. Bg2 g5 18. Ng4 Rh4 19. Bf3 f5 20. exf5 h5 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Nxh5 Rh3 23. Bd1 Kc8 24. f6 Rh4 25. Ng7 Bxg7 26. fxg7 Rg8 27. f3 Rxg7 28. h3 Rgh7 29. Rf2 g4 30. fxg4 Rxh3 31. Rxh3 Rxh3 { Black wins on time. } 0-1
       1010½00010100Marcus014½
       0101½11101011AlexandrG8½
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