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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/iDzVTeTN"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Ecaterina17"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:17:31"] [WhiteElo "1267"] [BlackElo "1810"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Bb5 { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } Bc5 3. Qh5 Qf6 4. Qxc5 c6 5. Bc4 b6 6. Qh5 Nh6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bd2 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bb3 Qxb2 11. Qe5 Qxe5+ 12. Kd1 Qxa1 13. Kc1 Qe5 14. h3 c5 15. h4 c4 16. dxc4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Ng4 18. h5 Nxf2 19. Rh4 Bg4 20. h6 Nc6 21. hxg7 Qxg7 22. Be3 Ne4 23. Bh6 Qg6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Bb5 Nd4 26. Bc4 Nc3 27. Nxc3 Qxc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1