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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PGuHxcdl"] [Date "2026.10.24"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.24"] [UTCTime "16:30:24"] [WhiteElo "1593"] [BlackElo "1670"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxe5 { C41 Philidor Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation } Nxe4 5. Qe2 Nc5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nd5 O-O 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxg5 Qxg5 11. f4 Qxd5 12. Qc4 Qf5 13. g3 Bd7 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Qd4 Nc6 16. Qxd6 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nf2 18. Qxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Nxh1 20. Bxf5 Nf2 21. Rd2 Nh1 22. Be4 Rad8 23. Re2 Nd4 24. Re3 Nb5 25. Bxh1 Rd7 26. Rb3 Rfd8 27. Bf3 Nd4 28. Rd3 Nxf3 29. Rxf3 Rd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1