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[Event "Vidmar Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nh7iblUW"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "16:10:04"] [WhiteElo "1834"] [BlackElo "1789"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } Nh6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bc4 O-O 5. Nf3 e6 6. O-O c6 7. e4 d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Be2 Re8 10. Bxh6 Bxh6 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qd3 b6 14. Bf3 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxd5 Rb8 17. Rae1 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Bf8 19. Na4 Qxa4 20. Bb3 Bf5 21. Qg3 Qc6 22. Qxb8 Kg7 23. Qxa7 Bxc2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
01000101000000000½00paliciucpavel6½
10111010111111111½11ioan2024½
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