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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/R1sWNwnD"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:30:52"] [WhiteElo "1517"] [BlackElo "1410"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { C23 Bishop's Opening } d6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. d3 Qe7 5. h4 Bd7 6. g4 g5 7. hxg5 Nxg4 8. g6 fxg6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Bg5 Nf6 11. Bxf6 Qd8 12. Bxd8 Nxd8 13. Ng5 Nc6 14. Bf7+ Ke7 15. Bb3 Nd4 16. Qf7+ Kd8 17. Qf6+ Be7 18. Qxh8+ Be8 19. Qxh7 d5 20. Bxd5 Nxc2+ 21. Kd1 Nxa1 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Ba6 Ba4+ 24. Kc1 Nc2 25. Qh8+ Be8 26. Bb5 Nd4 27. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
10100011001½11001000CiprianCiopa14½
01011100110½00110111Markits19½
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