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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gkQsO5TI"] [Date "2026.07.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Damian2016"] [Black "Catalin17"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.03"] [UTCTime "16:33:39"] [WhiteElo "1287"] [BlackElo "1138"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bb4+ 3. c3 Bxc3+ 4. bxc3 Qf6 5. e5 Qf5 6. Na3 Qe4+ 7. Be3 Qd5 8. Nc4 Qc6 9. Na5 Qb6 10. Nc4 Qb4 11. cxb4 Nh6 12. b5 Ng4 13. Qxg4 f5 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bxh6 g5 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Qxg5+ Ke8 19. b6 cxb6 20. Nd6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0