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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nZU5ntQs"] [Date "2026.10.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Sabdra2020"] [Black "Grosu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.29"] [UTCTime "17:17:32"] [WhiteElo "1180"] [BlackElo "1018"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Bb4+ 3. Qd2 Bxd2+ 4. Bxd2 Nf6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. g4 Ne7 10. g5 Ng6 11. gxf6 Rf8 12. fxg7 Rg8 13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. h4 Nf4 15. e3 Ng2+ 16. Bxg2 Rxg7 17. h5 Rxg2 18. Nh4 Rg4 19. Rh3 Rg1+ 20. Ke2 a5 21. Nf3 Rg5 22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. h6 Ra6 24. h7 Ke7 25. h8=Q e5 26. Qxe5+ Kd8 27. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0