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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/me7capSJ"] [Date "2026.05.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Matias"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.21"] [UTCTime "16:19:00"] [WhiteElo "1527"] [BlackElo "1609"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 5. dxc3 Nf6 6. Nd4 Nxd4 7. cxd4 Nxe4 8. f3 Nf6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 Nxf4 15. b3 Qf7 16. c4 Qg6 17. Kf2 Qxg2+ 18. Ke3 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. cxd5 O-O-O 21. Rg1 Qxh2 22. Ke4 c6 23. Kxe5 Rxd5+ 24. Ke4 Rxd1 25. Rgxd1 g5 26. Rh1 Qe2+ 27. Kf5 Qxf3 28. Raf1 Qd5+ 29. Kf6 Rf8+ 30. Ke7 Qf7+ 31. Kd6 Rd8+ 32. Ke5 Qe6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                0001CristeaIon1
                1110Matias3
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