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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/P3s1Cxkr"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "David_2014"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:35:15"] [WhiteElo "1372"] [BlackElo "1411"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-37"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Bb5 { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } Bc5 3. Ne2 Qh4 4. Rf1 Nf6 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bd6 7. Nbc3 Bxh2 8. a4 Ng4 9. Nf4 Bg3 10. Nd3 Bxf2+ 11. Rxf2 Nxf2 12. Nxf2 Qf4 13. Qe2 Qh2 14. g3 Qxg3 15. Be3 c6 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bd3 e5 19. dxe5 Bh3 20. Bb5+ Nd7 21. e6 Qg1+ 22. Kd2 Qxa1 23. Ncd1 fxe6 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Qb5+ Kd8 26. Qe2 Qxa4 27. Nxh3 Rc8 28. Qd3 Rf8 29. b3 Qa2 30. Bg5+ Kd7 31. Bh4 Rf4 32. Be1 Rd4 33. Nhf2 Rxd3+ 34. Nxd3 Qxc2+ 35. Ke3 Qxd1 36. Bd2 Rc2 37. Nf2 Qxd2+ 38. Kf3 Qxf2+ 39. Kg4 Rb2 40. b4 Rxb4+ 41. Kh3 Rh4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1