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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wYVL0H1O"] [Date "2026.10.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.20"] [UTCTime "16:33:53"] [WhiteElo "1468"] [BlackElo "1618"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 e5 { A00 Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch } 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Ncxe7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Rc1 c6 11. c3 b6 12. Ne4 a5 13. Ng5 Nf5 14. g3 Qxg5 15. f4 Qe7 16. Rc2 Nfe3 17. Rd2 Nxd1 18. Rxd1 b5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Rxa2 21. Bh3 Bxh3 22. Rf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 Ne3+ 24. Ke1 Nxd1 25. Kxd1 Qe3 26. Ke1 Qxe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
      00110100½11011LaurentiuCSI7½
      11001011½00100Matei20186½
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