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[Event "Sargissian Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/e1cxpGZ9"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "-"] [White "TihonConstantin"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.31"] [UTCTime "16:00:04"] [WhiteElo "1485"] [BlackElo "1451"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+13"] [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. Ng5 Be6 6. Qf3 h6 7. Nxe6 fxe6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qxg6+ Ke7 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qxe5 Qd6 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Qxd6+ cxd6 15. Nb5 e5 16. Be3 d4 17. Bd2 a6 18. Nc7 Bg7 19. Be2 Rd7 20. Ba5 b6 21. Bxb6 Rb8 22. Bg4 Nxg4 23. O-O Nf6 24. Ba5 d5 25. Rfe1 Ne8 26. Rxe5+ Bxe5 27. Re1 Nxc7 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxe5+ Kd6 30. Rh5 Rxc2 31. Rxh6+ Ke7 32. Rh7+ Kf8 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Rxb8 Rc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
               00½½1CristeaIon2
               11½½0TihonConstantin3
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