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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rIA3OTY0"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "16:00:04"] [WhiteElo "1597"] [BlackElo "1572"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bd6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 Nb4 5. Bd3 Qf6 6. a3 Nc6 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Re1 Qf6 10. Nb5 Qh6 11. Bxh6 Nxh6 12. e5 Bc5 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 { Black resigns. } 1-0