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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/n1Yw1Kop"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:40:36"] [WhiteElo "1654"] [BlackElo "1405"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [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 Nb4 4. d4 Nc6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 cxd6 9. Bb5 Nb4 10. O-O a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. d5 exd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 b6 15. Re1+ Ne7 16. Nxf6+ Kd8 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Qd4 Nc6 19. Qxh8+ Be8 20. Qxe8+ Kc7 21. Qxa8 Nb4 22. Nd4 Nxc2 23. Qc6+ Kb8 24. Re8+ Ka7 25. Qa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0