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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Xu5zzIub"] [Date "2025.05.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Contautomat2002"] [Black "david781"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.03"] [UTCTime "07:21:35"] [WhiteElo "1618"] [BlackElo "1533"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-38"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Bd3 Bb6 4. Nc3 Qe7 5. O-O Qf6 6. b3 Bc5 7. Nb5 Qf4 8. Nxc7+ Kd8 9. Nxa8 Bd6 10. g3 Qh6 11. Nh4 Nc6 12. c3 Be5 13. Rb1 b5 14. c4 Bb7 15. cxb5 Bxa8 16. bxc6 Bxc6 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. b4 Bd6 19. Qe1 Ng4 20. Be2 Ne5 21. d3 Ng6 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. d4 Bxe4+ 24. f3 Bxb1 25. Qc1 Bxa2 26. Bb5 Bd5 27. Rd1 Nxh4 28. gxh4 Be7 29. Qc2 Bxh4 30. Rc1 Be7 31. Qc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0