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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/tKWqDCwZ"] [Date "2026.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Renas"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.09"] [UTCTime "16:20:34"] [WhiteElo "1433"] [BlackElo "1537"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+119"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 Bxc3 5. bxc3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 11. Ne2 Ng4 12. h3 Ne5 13. Ba3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bf5 15. O-O-O Qxe2 16. Rhe1 Qxf3 17. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0