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[Event "Blumenfeld Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TQxZjlpx"] [Date "2025.10.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.18"] [UTCTime "16:46:13"] [WhiteElo "1696"] [BlackElo "1312"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. e5 Ne4 4. d4 Ng5 5. Bxg5 f6 6. exf6 gxf6 7. Be3 Bb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 9. Bd3 Bb6 10. O-O c6 11. Bh6 Bc7 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. Ne1 Qc7 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. g3 b6 16. Qf7 Rf8 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0