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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aqXOxCV1"] [Date "2026.05.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.21"] [UTCTime "16:13:34"] [WhiteElo "1530"] [BlackElo "1599"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nf6 7. Ng5 Ne4 8. Qf3 Nxg5 9. Bxg5 Bxg5 10. h4 Bxh4 11. Rh2 Be6 12. g3 Bg5 13. Rh5 Nxd4 14. Qd3 c5 15. Rxh7 Rxh7 16. Qxh7 Bh3 17. Qg8+ Ke7 18. Qxg7 Ne6 19. Qe5 Kf8 20. f4 Nxf4 21. gxf4 Bh4+ 22. Kd1 Bg4+ 23. Kd2 f6 24. Qc3 d4 25. Qb3 Qd6 26. Be2 Qxf4+ 27. Kd1 Bg5 28. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Ke2 Qh2+ 31. Kf1 Bh4 32. Qf3 Qxc2 33. Qf2 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
       1101011001011CristeaIon8
       0010100110100Markits5
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