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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UL794VK8"] [Date "2020.11.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladislav"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.27"] [UTCTime "17:47:03"] [WhiteElo "1542"] [BlackElo "1384"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nb5 a6 4. Nf3 axb5 5. Bxb5 Ra5 6. c4 Nb4 7. d3 c6 8. Ba4 b5 9. cxb5 cxb5 10. a3 bxa4 11. axb4 Rb5 12. O-O g5 13. Rxa4 d6 14. Bxg5 f6 15. Bh4 Nh6 16. e5 fxe5 17. Bxd8 Kxd8 18. d4 Rd5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3 Rxd4 21. Qf6+ Be7 22. Qxh8+ Kd7 23. Ra7+ Bb7 24. Rxb7+ Kd6 25. Qb8+ Kd5 26. Rd7+ Kc4 27. Qc8+ Kd3 28. Rb7 Ke2 29. Qc1 { White wins on time. } 1-0