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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/e4kA1U1L"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:34:19"] [WhiteElo "1801"] [BlackElo "1870"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation, Svenonius Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation, Svenonius Variation } Be7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ne5 Bxg5 9. Qf3 exf3 10. gxf3 Qxd4 11. Nd3 Bf5 12. c3 Qd5 13. f4 Bxd3 14. fxg5 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 Qe4+ 16. Kd1 Qd3+ 17. Ke1 O-O 18. Rd1 Re8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1