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[Event "Ivkov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jC4YKbmm"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.14"] [UTCTime "16:01:05"] [WhiteElo "1582"] [BlackElo "1576"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 f6 5. Bd3 g5 6. O-O Bd6 7. Re1 f5 8. exf5 g4 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. fxe6 dxe6 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Bxc6+ Bd7 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bg5 Qc6 17. Bxf6 O-O 18. Qxg4+ Kf7 19. Qg7+ Ke8 20. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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