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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rAIzb2DC"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Bogdan_2013"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:00:04"] [WhiteElo "1412"] [BlackElo "1406"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-16"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. O-O Bc5 7. d4 Bb4 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 dxc4 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. g3 Bf5 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. c3 O-O 14. Re1 Ng4 15. d5 Ne7 16. d6 cxd6 17. Bxd6 Re8 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. h4 h6 20. Nd4 Be4 21. f3 Ne3 22. Qd2 Bxf3 23. Rxe3 Bd5 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Rc8 26. Qxd8+ Rxd8 27. b3 cxb3 28. Rb1 Rde8 29. Rxb3 Re1+ 30. Kf2 R8e2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1