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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/q8xoseA7"] [Date "2025.09.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Contautomat2002"] [Black "nicholas007"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.12"] [UTCTime "16:13:16"] [WhiteElo "1561"] [BlackElo "1317"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-51"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } Bb4 4. Be2 Bxc3 5. dxc3 Nxe4 6. O-O Nc5 7. Nxe5 Qf6 8. Bb5 Qxe5 9. Re1 Qxe1+ 10. Qxe1+ Kd8 11. b4 Re8 12. Bg5+ Re7 13. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0