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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ftX929Bh"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "David17"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "16:28:21"] [WhiteElo "1481"] [BlackElo "1199"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [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. Nh3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 Qd4 6. d3 Qd8 7. Qh5 Qe7+ 8. Kf1 b6 9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxe7 Kxe7 11. Qxf7+ Kd8 12. b4 Bxh3 13. b5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Bxg2+ 15. Kxg2 c6 16. Bc4 b5 17. Be6 Bb4 18. Rc1 Nh6 19. Qxg7 Ng4 20. Rxc6 Re8 21. Rc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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