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[Event "Botterill Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/qdedekGX"] [Date "2025.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Francesco5"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:05:56"] [WhiteElo "1920"] [BlackElo "1791"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-79"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 d6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 { C41 Philidor Defense } d5 4. dxe5 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bc5 6. exd5 Qh4 7. Nxh4 g6 8. e6 f6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. d6 cxb5 11. d7+ Bxd7 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qd5 Ne7 14. Qxb7 Rb8 15. Qe4 h6 16. Nxg6 Rg8 17. Nxe7 Rg7 18. Nc6+ Re7 19. Nxe7 Rb6 20. Nc8+ Re6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Qg8+ Nf8 23. O-O f5 24. Rd1+ Kxc8 25. Rd5 Bb6 26. Qxf8+ Bd8 27. Qxd8+ Kb7 28. Qd7+ Ka6 29. Qc8+ Ka5 30. b4+ Ka4 31. Qa6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                   0Francesco50
                   1Alex_Alex1
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