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[Event "Ivanchuk Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/alflsDxV"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "16:16:54"] [WhiteElo "1633"] [BlackElo "1598"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-13"] [BlackRatingDiff "+14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 { A40 Queen's Pawn } Nh6 2. Bxh6 gxh6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. e5 d6 6. Qe2 Re8 7. Qe4 dxe5 8. dxe5 f5 9. Qe3 Nc6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. g4 Nxe5 12. Bd3 Nxg4 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Qg3 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Bxb2 16. Nc3 Bxa1 17. Nce2 b6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19. O-O Qxd3 20. Ne1 Qxe2 21. f4 Bd4+ 22. Rf2 Rg8 23. Qxg8+ Rxg8+ 24. Ng2 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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