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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fcCmbtts"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "TihonConstantin"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:27:33"] [WhiteElo "1438"] [BlackElo "1369"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bb5 f5 5. exf5 exf5 6. Rg1 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bc5 8. Qxa8 Qh4 9. Qxb8+ Ke7 10. Nd5+ Kd6 11. Qb7 Ne7 12. g3 Qd4 13. d3 Qxf2+ 14. Kd1 Qxg1+ 15. Ke2 Qe3+ 16. Bxe3 Nxd5 17. Bf4+ Ke6 18. Bxc7 Nxc7 19. Qxc7 Bd6 20. Qxd7+ Kd5 21. c4+ Kc5 22. Rf1 Bb8 23. Rxf5+ Kb4 24. a3+ Kb3 25. Ba4+ Kxb2 26. Qb5+ Kxa3 27. Rf1 Re8+ 28. Kf3 Re5 29. Qb3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
             1½100½1maxim20164
             0½011½0TihonConstantin3
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