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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/uZlO3xpI"] [Date "2020.10.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_1234"] [Black "Dominic"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.12"] [UTCTime "16:43:34"] [WhiteElo "1854"] [BlackElo "1562"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Qf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nh3 Nh6 5. d3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2+ Kd8 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. f3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxg5 11. Nxg5 Re8+ 12. Kd2 dxc4 13. Qxb7 c3+ 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Qxa8 Bb2 16. Qxb8+ Ke7 17. Qxb2 Nf5 18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Qb8+ Kd7 20. Qxe8+ Kd6 21. Nxf7+ Kd5 22. Qe5+ Kc6 23. Qxf5 a5 24. Qxa5 Kd7 25. Qd5+ Kc8 26. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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