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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vhieNmJu"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "BO0gd0an"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:34:19"] [WhiteElo "1725"] [BlackElo "1664"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-45"] [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. Nc3 Be6 4. Nd5 Bxd5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 c5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Na6 11. d6 Bxd6 12. Re1 Bxe5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh7 16. Bd3+ Kh8 17. Qh5 Bf4 18. g3 Bg5 19. h4 f5 20. Bxf5 f6 21. hxg5 fxg5 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                  11Vlad2201172
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