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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PjTkmlaq"] [Date "2025.06.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Garaba"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.06.24"] [UTCTime "16:30:57"] [WhiteElo "1117"] [BlackElo "1516"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Ng4 5. h3 Nxf2 6. Qe2 Nxh1 7. Qc4 Bf2+ 8. Ke2 Qf6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. b3 Nc6 11. Qc4 Ne5 12. Qxc7 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Qh4 14. Bg2 f5 15. Bxh1 Qxh3 16. Bg2 Qxg2 17. Bb2 Bb6+ 18. Ke1 Bxc7 19. Kd1 Bg3 20. Kc1 Qf1+ 21. Nd1 Qxf3 22. Kb1 Qxd1+ 23. Ka2 Qxd2 24. c4 Be5 25. c5 Qxb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1