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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/QYMAh9CD"] [Date "2026.10.06"] [Round "-"] [White "LaiuDamian"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.06"] [UTCTime "16:38:20"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "1800"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd2 d5 5. Be2 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. exd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Be3 Bc6 13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Bh4+ 16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Rad8 18. c4 Rxd1 19. b4 Rxh1 20. Bd1 Rxd1 21. Ke2 Ra1 22. Kd2 Rxa2+ 23. Kc3 Rxh2 24. Kd4 Rd8+ 25. Kc5 b6+ 26. Kxc6 h5 27. c5 h4 28. cxb6 cxb6 29. b5 h3 30. Kb7 Ra2 31. Kc6 h2 32. e6 h1=Q 33. e7 Re8 34. Kd7 Qd1+ 35. Kxe8 Rd2 36. f4 Qa4 37. f5 Qxb5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1