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[Event "Balashov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/m80mD7gy"] [Date "2020.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Dominic"] [Black "Dragos_B"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.06.12"] [UTCTime "16:15:12"] [WhiteElo "1189"] [BlackElo "1001"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } d5 2. Bb5+ Bd7 3. Bd3 h5 4. c4 h4 5. cxd5 h3 6. gxh3 Rxh3 7. Nxh3 Nf6 8. e4 Nxd5 9. exd5 c6 10. dxc6 Bxc6 11. Rg1 Bd7 12. Rg5 Na6 13. Rh5 Rc8 14. Rh8 Rc5 15. Qg4 Rg5 16. Qxg5 f6 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qxg6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0