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[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z2juowqp"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "Alex_06"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "16:06:53"] [WhiteElo "1573"] [BlackElo "1054"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 e5 { A00 Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense } 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. Be3 e4 8. dxe4 c5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Ke8 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Bxc5+ Ke6 13. Bc4+ Ke5 14. Rd5+ Kxe4 15. f3+ Kf4 16. g3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                  11CristeaIon2
                  00Alex_060
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