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[Event "Grachev Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/THtWLDcR"] [Date "2025.09.04"] [Round "-"] [White "MarkSt"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.04"] [UTCTime "16:47:05"] [WhiteElo "1372"] [BlackElo "1290"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4. e3 e5 5. dxe5 Bxe5 6. Nxe5 Qf6 7. f4 d6 8. e4 dxe5 9. f5 Nh6 10. b4 Ng4 11. h3 Ne3 12. Qe2 Nc4 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qh5 Nxa3 15. Nxa3 Qxa3 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. O-O Qxc3 18. Rfd1 Qc2 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Rxc7+ Bd7 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. Qxh7 Nc6 23. Rdxd7+ Ke8 24. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0