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[Event "Zugzwang Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/RDAMw42s"] [Date "2020.09.03"] [Round "-"] [White "FRoman"] [Black "Mihaita6"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.09.03"] [UTCTime "16:41:25"] [WhiteElo "1899"] [BlackElo "1498"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B07"] [Opening "Pirc Defense #5"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 { B07 Pirc Defense #5 } c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bd2 c5 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bc4 Nh6 9. e5 g5 10. exf6 exf6 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. O-O Ng4 13. h3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Rf8 16. Qe4 Bc6 17. Qxh7 Nd7 18. Re1 Qc7 19. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0