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[Event "Kan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/w0xLMU2T"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.09"] [UTCTime "17:27:45"] [WhiteElo "1849"] [BlackElo "1649"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [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 } g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e5 Nh6 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8 7. Qd2 d6 8. Bxh6 dxe5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Be2 Kg8 11. O-O exd4 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qf6 Bd7 14. Nbd2 Qc8 15. Ng5 b5 16. h4 Qa6 17. h5 gxh5 18. Bxh5 Ne5 19. Qxe5 Rae8 20. Qg3 Re7 21. Nxe6+ Kh8 22. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0