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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/RxvBcbP3"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Dacian20244"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:33:08"] [WhiteElo "1381"] [BlackElo "1563"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bd3 e5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Bc5 7. Nh3 Bxh3 8. gxh3 Qh4 9. Qe2 f5 10. Bxf5 Nh6 11. Be4 Rf8 12. Rf1 Nd7 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Bd3 e4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bb6 17. Nd6+ Kd8 18. Nxb7+ Kc7 19. Na5 Bxa5 20. c3 Rae8 21. Qxe8 Rxe8+ 22. Kd1 Qe4 23. b3 Qe2+ 24. Kc2 Qxf1 25. b4 Bb6 26. a4 Qxf2 27. c4 Qf5+ 28. d3 Re2+ 29. Bd2 Be3 30. a5 Rxd2+ 31. Kc3 Qxd3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
               1101½Markits3½
               0010½Dacian202441½
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