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[Event "Grachev Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/riRHzahF"] [Date "2025.09.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "VictorPopescu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.04"] [UTCTime "16:28:59"] [WhiteElo "1906"] [BlackElo "1626"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-34"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Qf6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. c3 Ba5 5. e5 Qf5 6. Bd3 Qh5 7. b4 Bb6 8. h3 c5 9. bxc5 Ba5 10. g4 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Qg6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf7 Kxf7 15. Qf3+ Nf6 16. exf6 Ke8 17. fxg7 Rg8 18. Bxh6 Ke7 19. Bg5+ Ke8 20. Qf6 Nc6 21. d5 Rxg7 22. dxc6 dxc6 23. Qd8+ Kf7 24. Qe7+ Kg8 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Bf6 Bd7 27. Qxa8 Kh6 28. Qh8+ Rh7 29. g5+ Kh5 30. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                  00VictorPopescu0
                  11Alex_Alex2
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