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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oihwyhES"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "16:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1625"] [BlackElo "1882"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Nh3 Nc6 3. b3 Bc5 4. Ba3 Bxa3 5. Nxa3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Qf3 Nf6 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Qg3 d5 10. Nxc7 Rb8 11. Nb5 Bd7 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng5 Qf6 14. Qh4 Qa1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1