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[Event "Xu Yuhua Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nmR0EsXy"] [Date "2020.08.04"] [Round "-"] [White "vieruvlad2011"] [Black "mihaiplostinaru"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.08.04"] [UTCTime "16:43:56"] [WhiteElo "1596"] [BlackElo "1286"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Bc4 b6 3. Qf3 Bb7 4. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0