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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eShfpCDA"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:02:36"] [WhiteElo "1705"] [BlackElo "1181"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation } 4. Qh5 g6 5. Qf3 Ng5 6. Qb3 d6 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Qe3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qe7 10. Be2 c6 11. d4 Bd5 12. Qh3 Bh6 13. Bxh6 c5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. O-O O-O-O 17. Nb5 a6 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Nc3 h5 20. Rfe1 h4 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Rxe7 h3 23. Rxf7 Be6 24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. Qb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0