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[Event "Polugaevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SCOjjgHR"] [Date "2026.02.07"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.07"] [UTCTime "17:17:08"] [WhiteElo "1754"] [BlackElo "1914"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+18"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. c3 Bc5 3. b4 Bb6 4. c4 Qh4 5. c5 Qxe4+ 6. Ne2 Bxc5 7. bxc5 Nc6 8. Nc3 Qe5 9. f4 Qxc5 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Ba3 Qxe4 12. d3 Qd5 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qc1 Nd4 15. Rb1 Nf6 16. f5 Qxf5 17. Nb5 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Nxb5 19. Qb2 c6 20. d4 Nd5 21. Bxb5 cxb5 22. Qxb5 a6 23. Qc5 b5 24. O-O Bb7 25. Re1 Rc8 26. Qa7 Bc6 27. Re5 b4 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxb4 Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Rc2+ 31. Ke3 Bxg2 32. Qb8+ Rc8 33. Qxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0