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[Event "Polugaevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/f3C9rPrI"] [Date "2026.02.07"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Leon_L"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.07"] [UTCTime "17:44:37"] [WhiteElo "1924"] [BlackElo "1303"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } d5 2. Qf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Bxc4 b5 5. Bb3 f5 6. e4 Bd6 7. exf5 exf5 8. Qd5 c6 9. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0