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[Event "Sosonko Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Xl5IkLXn"] [Date "2025.10.14"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "EdChiriac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.14"] [UTCTime "16:48:58"] [WhiteElo "1275"] [BlackElo "1351"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+63"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } d6 2. d3 e6 3. e4 e5 4. h4 h5 5. Rh3 Rh6 6. Rh1 Rh8 7. d4 d5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Bxd5 exd4 12. Bxa8 d3 13. Qxd3 c4 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Bxd5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. b3 cxb3 18. cxb3 b4 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. a3 bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nb4 22. Rc1 Nd3+ 23. Kd1 Nxc1 24. Kxc1 Bxa3+ 25. Kc2 Bb4 26. Bxb4 e5 27. Bc3 g5 28. Bxe5 gxh4 29. Bxh8 Nf6 30. Bxf6 Kf8 31. Bxh4 Kf7 32. Bd8 Kg7 33. Rxh5 Kg8 34. Ra5 Kf8 35. Rxa7 Ke8 36. Bh4 Kf8 37. b4 Kg8 38. b5 Kf8 39. b6 Kg8 40. b7 Kh8 41. b8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
            1½000½½0EdChiriac2½
            0½111½½1maxim20165½
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