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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YuSoUr1k"] [Date "2020.12.30"] [Round "-"] [White "catana"] [Black "Victor-Ababii"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.30"] [UTCTime "17:28:20"] [WhiteElo "1695"] [BlackElo "1611"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nh6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. Nxd5 Nc6 6. Bf4 b6 7. Nc7+ Ke7 8. Nxa8 Ba6 9. Nc7 Bb5 10. Qd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0