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[Event "Philidor Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xDP6PIQ1"] [Date "2025.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Nichita_S"] [Black "mat_eo"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.28"] [UTCTime "17:23:02"] [WhiteElo "1307"] [BlackElo "1337"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+130"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nd5 exd5 4. exd5 Nb4 5. Bb5 a6 6. a3 Nxd5 7. Nf3 c6 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. g4 Ngf6 10. Ne5 cxb5 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 O-O 13. Qf1 b5 14. h4 bxa4 15. b3 axb3 16. cxb3 a5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18. Kd1 Ba6 19. Qg1 d6 20. Nd3 Bxd3 21. Qg3 Nb4 22. Qxd3 Nxd3 23. Rh3 Qc7 24. Rxd3 Qc1+ 25. Ke2 Nxg4 26. Rd4 Ne5 27. Rg4 Nxg4 28. f3 Ne5 29. f4 Ng4 30. Kf3 Rfe8 31. Kxg4 Qg1+ 32. Kh3 Re2 33. f5 Rxd2 34. b4 Rd4 35. bxa5 Qe3+ 36. Kg2 Rd2+ 37. Kf1 Qc3 38. Ke1 Qc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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