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[Event "Ulrich Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fqgcPuYs"] [Date "2025.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Elian"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.05.17"] [UTCTime "16:49:04"] [WhiteElo "1247"] [BlackElo "1387"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } Bc5 3. Bb5 f6 4. exf6 Qxf6 5. Qh5+ Kd8 6. Qxc5 Nh6 7. Qd4 Qxd4 8. c3 Qf6 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. O-O Qg6 11. Nh4 Qg5 12. Nf3 Qg6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Re1 b6 15. Rxe5 Bb7 16. Bxd7 Bxg2 17. Bxe6 Bh3+ 18. Kh1 Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1