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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mXINYLrN"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:15:33"] [WhiteElo "1597"] [BlackElo "1454"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Bc5 3. Nf3 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Be7 6. Bd3 Bh4 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Ng4 9. Qxg4 d6 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Bf5 Bxf5 12. Nxf5 dxe5 13. Nxh4 Nc6 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. Nb5 Rd8 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxe6 { Black resigns. } 1-0