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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/f5K9Usii"] [Date "2026.09.01"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidP"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.09.01"] [UTCTime "16:06:24"] [WhiteElo "1114"] [BlackElo "1595"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Be2 Nc6 3. c4 Bc5 4. Bh5 g6 5. Bf3 Nf6 6. Be2 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Ng5 Qxg5 11. Bxg4 Ne5 12. Bh3 b6 13. f4 Nxf4 14. Bd7+ Nxd7 15. Rf1 Nxg2+ 16. Ke2 Qe5+ 17. Kf3 Nh4+ 18. Kg4 Qf5+ 19. Kxh4 g5+ 20. Kh5 Bd6 21. Kh6 O-O-O 22. Kg7 Rde8 23. Kh6 Re6+ 24. Kg7 Rg8+ 25. Kxg8 Qg6+ 26. Kh8 Re8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1