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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nqJdCqrI"] [Date "2026.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.09"] [UTCTime "16:22:17"] [WhiteElo "1596"] [BlackElo "1439"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Qe7 4. Bd3 Bd7 5. Bd2 Nc6 6. Qe2 O-O-O 7. O-O Nf6 8. Ne5 Nxd4 9. exd4 Qe8 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Bb5 c6 13. Bd3 Bb4 14. a3 Bd6 15. f3 Ne4 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bc7 18. Ng5 h5 19. Nxf7 Qxf7 20. Rxf7 h4 21. Rxg7 h3 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. Rf1 hxg2 24. Kxg2 Rxh2+ 25. Kg1 Rxd2 26. Rf8 Rxf8 27. Rg8 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Bf5 a5 30. Qc8+ Ka7 31. Qxd8 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rb1 33. b4 Ra1 34. d5 cxd5 35. Qxa5+ Kb8 36. Qxd5 Rxa3 37. Be4 Ra7 38. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
               01000CiprianCiopa1
               10111CristeaIon4
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