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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ifHfY96z"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "ariana_capraru"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:27:14"] [WhiteElo "1437"] [BlackElo "1311"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C21"] [Opening "Center Game Accepted"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 { C21 Center Game Accepted } 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qe5+ Ne7 5. Qxh8 f5 6. exf5 Nxf5 7. Qxh7 Bh6 8. Qxg6+ Kf8 9. Qxf5+ Ke8 10. Qg6+ Ke7 11. Qxh6 Qf8 12. Bg5+ Kf7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Qg6+ Qg7 15. Bc4+ Kf8 16. Qe8+ Kxe8 17. Nf3 Qf7 18. Nbd2 Qf8 19. O-O-O d3 20. Rhe1+ Qe7 21. Rxe7+ Kd8 22. Rde1 dxc2 23. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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