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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xwvVHrmG"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:01:28"] [WhiteElo "1970"] [BlackElo "1820"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Bb4+ 5. c3 Bf8 6. Bd3 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Bg5 Qf7 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 Qh5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Qxh5+ Nf7 13. f4 Nf6 14. Qe2 g5 15. f5 exf5 16. Bxf5 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 O-O-O 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Qxe7 Nge4 20. Qe6+ Kb8 21. Rxf6 Nxf6 22. Qxf6 Rhf8 23. Qh4 Rde8 24. Na3 Rf7 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rf8 27. Qe7 Rh8 28. Nb5 c6 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Qxh7 a5 32. a3 b5 33. Qc7 c5 34. Qxa5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
11111100010010000000ioan2010½
00000011101101111111Alex_Alex22½
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