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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cobCtmA3"] [Date "2026.06.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Rafael18"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.27"] [UTCTime "16:42:59"] [WhiteElo "1185"] [BlackElo "1352"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-31"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. f4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Be2 Bxe4 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Qh5 Qf6 7. Qh3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe3 Bxg2 10. Qe2 Bxh1 11. Nh3 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Qxh3 13. Ke1 Qh4+ 14. Kd2 Qxf4+ 15. Kd1 Qh4 16. Qd2 Bf3+ 17. Qe2 Bxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Qh5+ 19. Kd2 Bb4+ 20. Ke3 Qh6+ 21. Ke2 Qxc1 22. b3 Bc5 23. c4 Qe3+ 24. Kd1 Bb4 25. Bf1 Qg1 26. Kc2 Qxf1 27. Kb2 Qe2+ 28. Kc1 Nc6 29. c5 Nd4 30. c6 Qc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                   1maxim20161
                   0Rafael180
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