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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mItFjyRK"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "vlc13985"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:07:24"] [WhiteElo "1668"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+279"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B25"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B25 Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation, Traditional } 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Na4 Be6 11. c4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Re1 d4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nc5 Re8 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Bc4 Rd6 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxh7 Qh8 22. Qh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 d3 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Kg2 Rb6 26. b3 a5 27. Kf3 Bh6 28. Re2 dxe2 29. Rxd8 e1=Q 30. Rd7+ Ke6 31. Rh7 Qc3+ 32. Kg2 Bf4 33. Rh8 Kf7 34. Rd8 Rb7 35. Rd1 a4 36. f3 Qc2+ 37. Kh1 Qxh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1