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[Event "Bacrot Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bTyfmQ2e"] [Date "2026.02.12"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.12"] [UTCTime "17:09:43"] [WhiteElo "1415"] [BlackElo "1677"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } Nh6 2. a4 g6 3. a5 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. d5 c6 8. Qf3 Re8+ 9. Be3 d6 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Kd2 Bg4 12. Qg3 Nb4 13. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 14. f4 Bc8 15. a6 Nxa6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Kd3 d5 18. Rd1 d4 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. c3 dxc3+ 21. Kc2 Bxe4+ 22. Qd3 Bxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Qc7 24. Rxc3 Qxf4 25. Nh3 Qe4+ 26. Kb3 Rab8+ 27. Ka3 Bf8+ 28. Ka2 Qxg2 29. Rg1 Qxb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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