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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z17dVHw9"] [Date "2025.12.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucaous28"] [Black "Aliska"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.18"] [UTCTime "17:26:31"] [WhiteElo "1404"] [BlackElo "1267"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-43"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Ware Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 a5 { B00 Ware Defense } 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qf3 Ne5 4. Qc3 a4 5. Qxe5 Nh6 6. b3 Ng4 7. Qf5 Ne5 8. Bd5 axb3 9. cxb3 c5 10. Qxe5 h6 11. Qf5 b5 12. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0