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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sJKHLwGH"] [Date "2026.10.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Vladimir-Gh"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.06"] [UTCTime "16:38:20"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1668"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Ba4 Bxa4 5. b3 Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 h6 8. Qd5 Nf6 9. Qxb7 Nc6 10. Qb5 Nd4 11. Qd3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Qg3 Qd7 16. f3 Be6 17. f4 d5 18. f5 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxf5 20. Bxh6 g6 21. Rxf5 Qxf5 22. Re1 dxe4 23. Qxc7 Bd8 24. Qc3 Bb6+ 25. Kh1 Bf2 26. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0