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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YfZiFoUf"] [Date "2020.12.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Ops_MS"] [Black "France_Defence"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.12.23"] [UTCTime "17:06:42"] [WhiteElo "1849"] [BlackElo "2156"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d5 4. f3 Bd6 5. Qd2 O-O 6. O-O-O c6 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 Bc7 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 g6 12. g4 Ng7 13. h4 f5 14. exf5 exf5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. g5 f4 17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Rxf4 19. Nce2 Rf8 20. d5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Qe7 22. h5 Nxh5 23. Nd4 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 Qxg5 25. Ngf3 Qxd5 26. Rhf1 Nc6 27. Nb3 Qf5 28. Nfd4 Qxf1 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Nc1 Nxd4 31. c3 Ne2 32. Kc2 Nxc1 33. b4 Bf5+ 34. Kd2 Rd8+ 35. Ke3 Rd3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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