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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SYVS4JxO"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Grosu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "16:19:49"] [WhiteElo "1594"] [BlackElo "1390"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-55"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bd6 3. Qf3 f6 4. d4 c6 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bxd5 f5 8. Qxf5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Ba5 10. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0