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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kLtqontb"] [Date "2026.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "GrigoriTanas"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.18"] [UTCTime "16:10:07"] [WhiteElo "1446"] [BlackElo "1438"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-38"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nh3 Bc5 4. f4 Nf6 5. Ng5 Na5 6. e5 Nxc4 7. exf6 gxf6 8. Ne4 Nd6 9. Ng3 Nb5 10. f5 exf5 11. Nxf5 b6 12. Qe2+ Kf8 13. Qh5 Ke8 14. Ng7+ Kf8 15. Nf5 Qe8+ 16. Kf1 Ba6 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0