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[Event "Caruana Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PnIIjQZK"] [Date "2026.01.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.01"] [UTCTime "17:19:04"] [WhiteElo "1530"] [BlackElo "1808"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-4"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 e6 2. e4 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Nh6 3. Nh3 Qf6 4. Qh5 Nc6 5. Qg5 Qxg5 6. Nxg5 Nd4 7. Kd1 Ng4 8. Rg1 Bb4 9. Na4 Nxf2+ 10. Ke1 Nxc2+ 11. Kxf2 Nxa1 12. g4 O-O 13. e5 d5 14. Bd3 g6 15. Rg3 Bd7 16. Rh3 Bxa4 17. Rxh7 Bc5+ 18. Kg3 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Rxc7 f4+ 21. Kg4 Bd1+ 22. Kh4 Bf2+ 23. Kh3 Bh5 24. b3 Rac8 25. Rxb7 Rxc1 26. Bb5 Rg1 27. Rh7 Bg4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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