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[Event "Schlechter Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wkUW4SW6"] [Date "2025.04.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex06"] [Black "Dragos-012"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.17"] [UTCTime "16:11:15"] [WhiteElo "1084"] [BlackElo "1290"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn"] [Termination "Abandoned"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 { A40 Queen's Pawn } { Black wins by forfeit. } 1-0