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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oAWMgHC7"] [Date "2026.10.08"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidP"] [Black "Marcus01"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.08"] [UTCTime "16:20:28"] [WhiteElo "1224"] [BlackElo "1792"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C23"] [Opening "Bishop's Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 { C23 Bishop's Opening } h6 3. Qh5 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qh4 g5 6. Qh3 d6 7. Nxg5 Bxh3 8. gxh3 hxg5 9. Rg1 Nxe4 10. d3 Nc5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Bh4 Rxh4 13. Rg3 Bh6 14. Rg8+ Bf8 15. Bf7+ Qxf7 16. Rg3 Bh6 17. Rf3 e4 18. dxe4 Nxe4 19. Re3 d5 20. Ra3 Qg7 21. Ra5 Qg1+ 22. Ke2 Qxf2+ 23. Kd1 Qf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1