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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/w37tfrUP"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Dragos1"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:21:29"] [WhiteElo "1668"] [BlackElo "1671"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-26"] [BlackRatingDiff "+13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qf3 Qe7 4. Nh3 Qh4 5. O-O Bd6 6. Re1 e5 7. Kf1 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. Nd5 d6 10. Nxc7+ Kf8 11. Nxa8 Bxh3 12. Qxh3 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1