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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SXEOM7kD"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Dennis"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:23:47"] [WhiteElo "1085"] [BlackElo "1407"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Bd7 4. h4 Qe7 5. a4 Nc6 6. b3 O-O-O 7. h5 h6 8. Nd5 Qe8 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Qe3 Nf6 11. Qxa7 Nxa7 12. Rh4 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxh4 14. Nxh4 e4 15. f3 exf3+ 16. Kf2 fxg2 17. Kxg2 Qe7 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. c4 Rde8 20. Nd4 Re4 21. d3 Rxd4 22. a5 Re8 23. Ba3 Rg4+ 24. Kh1 Qh4+ 25. Bh3 Qxh3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                000½Dennis½
                111½CiprianCiopa3½
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