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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nhX9NKnp"] [Date "2026.09.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Mihail1960"] [Black "natalia03"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.23"] [UTCTime "13:15:37"] [WhiteElo "1769"] [BlackElo "1343"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "St. George Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 a6 { B00 St. George Defense } 2. Be2 a5 3. Nf3 Nh6 4. a4 g6 5. Ne5 e6 6. Nxg6 fxg6 7. b3 Nf7 8. f4 h6 9. g4 c6 10. Bb2 Rh7 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 exf5 13. gxf5 d6 14. Nc3 Bxf5 15. Rf1 Bh3 16. Rf2 h5 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. c4 Ra7 19. Rc1 b6 20. Rc3 Rh6 21. Rxh3 Ra6 22. c5 d5 23. Bxa6 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bg7 25. Re3+ { White wins on time. } 1-0