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[Event "Botterill Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ybuqXwpx"] [Date "2025.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Iaroslav2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:43:07"] [WhiteElo "1956"] [BlackElo "1631"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C45"] [Opening "Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ { C45 Scotch Game: Malaniuk Variation } 5. c3 Nxd4 6. cxb4 Qf6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. f3 O-O 9. Be3 Nec6 10. Bb5 Nxb4 11. Bxd4 Nc2+ 12. Qxc2 Qxd4 13. Nd5 c6 14. Nc7 Qe3+ 15. Be2 Rb8 16. b4 d6 17. b5 d5 18. Qd3 Qxd3 19. Bxd3 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bg4 21. O-O Rbc8 22. h3 Rxc7 23. hxg4 Rd7 24. Be2 cxb5 25. Bxb5 Rc7 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 a6 28. Be2 h6 29. Rc7 Re8 30. Bd3 Rd8 31. Bc2 Rd2 32. Kh2 Rd4 33. Rxb7 Rxe4 34. Bxe4 a5 35. Rb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0