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[Event "Kovalevskaya Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/b54NQGa4"] [Date "2025.12.11"] [Round "-"] [White "ButnaruDelia"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.11"] [UTCTime "17:00:01"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1537"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-158"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A03"] [Opening "Bird Opening: Horsefly Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f4 Nh6 { A03 Bird Opening: Horsefly Defense } 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. b4 e6 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. cxd5 Re8+ 9. Kd2 Bg4 10. Ne1 Bxd1 11. Kxd1 Qe7 12. Bd3 g5 13. Nc2 gxf4 14. Bf1 c6 15. h4 cxd5 16. Bb5 Nc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rf1 c5 19. Rxf4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe1+ 22. Kc2 Qxb4 23. Ne2 Rxe2+ 24. Kd1 Rae8 25. Bf4 f5 26. Kc1 Rc8+ 27. Kd1 Qxf4 28. Kxe2 Ng4 29. Na3 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Nf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1