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[Event "Open Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wttBaXoS"] [Date "2020.12.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Paul_1234"] [Black "Aurelian"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.12.01"] [UTCTime "18:07:29"] [WhiteElo "1944"] [BlackElo "1726"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+2"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nf6 5. Bc4 h6 6. d3 c6 7. Be3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb3 d4 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bxd4 Qxd4 13. Ng6 Ng4 14. Qe2 Kd7 15. Nxh8 Bc5 16. Ne4 Nc6 17. Qxg4 Rxh8 18. Nxc5+ Qxc5 19. Qxg7+ Kd6 20. Qxh8 Qxc2 21. Qf8+ Ne7 22. Qd8+ Ke5 23. Qxe7 Qxb2 24. O-O Qb6 25. Rae1+ Kd5 26. Rb1 Qd6 27. Qxb7+ Qc6 28. Qxc6+ Kxc6 29. Rbc1+ { White wins on time. } 1-0