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[Event "Vidmar Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VEcIKmxH"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "TihonConstantin"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "16:29:48"] [WhiteElo "1457"] [BlackElo "1456"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Qf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e5 Qf5 5. h3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 Qg6 7. Qg4 Qh5 8. Qxh5 g6 9. Qh4 Be7 10. Qg3 c6 11. Ncb5 cxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Nh6 15. Nb6 Kc7 16. Qb3 Kc6 17. Nxc8 Bh4 18. Qc3+ Kd5 19. Nb6+ Ke4 20. d3+ Kf5 21. g4+ Nxg4 22. hxg4+ { White wins on time. } 1-0
      10000½00000000Mate20171½
      01111½11111111TihonConstantin12½
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