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[Event "Gilg Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZAjXST3o"] [Date "2025.09.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.02"] [UTCTime "16:35:17"] [WhiteElo "1593"] [BlackElo "1347"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-34"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 Nc6 3. d5 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Kennedy Variation, Linksspringer Variation } Nce7 4. d6 cxd6 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 Nf5 7. d6 Bxd6 8. g4 Nd4 9. f3 f6 10. c3 Nc6 11. Bh6 gxh6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Qd5 Nce7 14. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0