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[Event "Vidmar Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kU5KoLJV"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "16:00:03"] [WhiteElo "1794"] [BlackElo "1833"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } Nh6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 c6 8. e5 Re8 9. Bxh6 Bxh6 10. Qe2 b6 11. Rae1 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. Nc3 d4 17. Ne4 Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxa2 21. Ra1 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Nxd4 Rc8 24. Qe7 Rb8 25. Qc5 Qb7 26. Qc6 Qb1 27. Nb3 Qxb3 28. cxb3 Rxb3 29. Qe8+ { White wins on time. } 1-0