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[Event "Koltanowski Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gyfCVDmt"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "17:50:03"] [WhiteElo "1877"] [BlackElo "1655"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Nh6 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. e4 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ke7 8. cxb4 Rd8 9. Ba3 Kf8 10. b5+ Kg8 11. Nc3 Ng4 12. Be2 c6 13. Bxg4 Bxg4 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15. f3 Be6 16. Nge2 a6 17. O-O Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rfe1 g6 22. Rac1 Rad8 23. Be7 Re8 24. Rc7 d3 25. Rd1 d2 26. Bg5 Re1+ 27. Kf2 Rxd1 28. Bh6 Rc1 29. Re7 d1=Q 30. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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