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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SBQ6MnAn"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:57:42"] [WhiteElo "1976"] [BlackElo "1662"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qh4 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Nxh4 Bxd3 8. Bxd3 Nc6 9. O-O g5 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Nxg5 Ng4 12. f3 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd2 h6 15. Ne4 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Nde7 17. Nf6 Ng6 18. Ba6+ Kb8 19. Be3 h5 20. c4 h4 21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Nb4 23. Rab1 Ka8 24. Rxb4 h3 25. Bb7+ Kb8 26. Be4+ Kc8 27. Rfb1 hxg2 28. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
 111½111111½1110111½Alex_Alex16½
 000½000000½0001000½RomanSereda2½
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