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[Event "Matei2017 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/X1CmccXo"] [Date "2025.07.02"] [Round "-"] [White "david34"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.02"] [UTCTime "15:40:57"] [WhiteElo "1374"] [BlackElo "1635"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nh3 Ne4 4. Qd3 f6 5. Qxe4 f5 6. Qd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc3 b6 9. Nf2 Qh4 10. g3 Qe7 11. b4 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Nc6 13. b5 Nd8 14. Qe5 O-O 15. Bh3 Nf7 16. Bxf5 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Rxf5+ 18. Ke1 Bb7 19. Ba3 Qg5 20. e4 Bxe4 21. g4 Qxg4 22. Nc3 Bxh1 23. h3 Qxh3 24. Kd1 Qxc3 25. Kc1 Qxa3+ 26. Kb1 Rf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1