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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/k4oxEPjR"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:42:38"] [WhiteElo "1379"] [BlackElo "1522"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [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 } e6 2. Nc3 a6 3. a4 b5 4. axb5 c6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Bxa6 Nxa6 7. Ne4 f5 8. Nd6+ Bxd6 9. Nf3 e5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. d4 Bf6 12. e4 fxe4 13. Qe2 c5 14. Qxe4+ Kf8 15. Bd2 Bxd4 16. Ba5 Qh4 17. Qxa8+ Kf7 18. Qf3+ Ke7 19. Qe2+ Kf7 20. Qxa6 Qxf2+ 21. Kd1 Qxg2 22. Rf1+ Nf6 23. Rf4 Qg1+ 24. Rf1 Qxh2 25. Ra3 Qh5+ 26. Raf3 Qg5 27. c3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Re8 29. Qd6 Qe5 30. Qa6 Qe2+ 31. Kc1 Qxa6 32. Bb4 Re2 33. Bxc5 Qa1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
 1001110101111101011Markits13
 0110001010000010100Mate20176
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