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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/q5cWoUIZ"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "16:35:45"] [WhiteElo "1589"] [BlackElo "1798"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } Bc5 3. d4 Bb6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 Nxd4 6. Nb5 Nxb5 7. Bxb5 Qh4 8. g3 Qe4+ 9. Qe2 Qxh1 10. Qf1 Qxh2 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nh6 13. O-O-O Qxg3 14. Be2 Qxe3+ 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Bd3 Qxe5 17. Re1 Qd6 18. Qe2 Re8 19. Qe4 Nf5 20. Ne2 g6 21. Rh1 Ng7 22. Qh4 Nh5 23. Ng3 f5 24. Nxh5 gxh5 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Qxh5 Re7 27. Qh6+ Ke8 28. Rg8+ Kf7 29. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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