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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eWthR5r9"] [Date "2026.10.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.20"] [UTCTime "16:39:07"] [WhiteElo "1652"] [BlackElo "1482"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O Be6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Re1 Qe7 10. d3 O-O-O 11. Be3 Rd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. c3 Nc6 16. b4 Rhd8 17. b5 Na5 18. a4 Nb3 19. Qxb3 e5 20. a5 a6 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Reb1 h5 23. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0