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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rKCwSv0A"] [Date "2020.11.09"] [Round "-"] [White "FRoman"] [Black "Nicolas9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.11.09"] [UTCTime "17:09:03"] [WhiteElo "1715"] [BlackElo "1289"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Qe2 Nb4 8. h3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qe4 a5 12. Bb5 a4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Ke7 15. Qxa8 Rg8 16. Qxa4 Bd7 17. Qb4+ Ke8 18. Qe4 Rxg2 19. Qxh7 f5 20. Rg1 f4 21. Rxg2 Qe7 22. Qh8 Qc5 23. Rg8 Kf7 24. Qh7+ Bg7 25. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
      00000000000½00Nicolas9½
      11111111111½11FRoman13½
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