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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YnyiPLz2"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:24:08"] [WhiteElo "1613"] [BlackElo "1369"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Nh6 3. Nc3 Na6 4. a3 f5 5. Bd3 fxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Nc5 Bxc5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nf3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 Qf6 11. O-O Nf5 12. Re1 Qh6 13. Bxh6 Nxh6 14. b3 c5 15. c4 dxc4 16. bxc4 a5 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Qxd7+ Kf8 19. Rxe6 b5 20. Qe7+ Kg8 21. Rd8+ Rxd8 22. Qxd8+ Kf7 23. Qe7+ Kg8 24. Ra6 bxc4 25. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0