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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/uVaKldRr"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucaous28"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:37:28"] [WhiteElo "1489"] [BlackElo "1518"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [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 } Bc5 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Nxd5 fxg5 8. Nxb6 cxb6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qe2+ Ne7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Ne5 Qa5 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Rde1 Qxa2 16. Qxe7+ Kc6 17. Qe4+ Kc7 18. Qe7+ Kc6 19. Re6+ Kd5 20. Re5+ Kc4 21. Qe6+ Kxd4 22. Qxa2 Kxe5 23. Re1+ Kd4 24. c3+ Kc5 25. b4+ Kb6 26. Qa5+ Kc6 27. Re6+ Kd7 28. Re5 Rhe8 29. Rxg5 Re1+ 30. Kc2 Re2+ 31. Kd3 Rae8 32. Qxb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ b6 34. Qxa7+ Kc8 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Rd5+ Ke7 37. Qb7+ Ke6 38. c4 Kf6 39. Qxb6+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Qc5+ Kg8 42. Qg5 Rxf2 43. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0