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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z7s8yI0o"] [Date "2026.05.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "David_2014"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.21"] [UTCTime "16:43:34"] [WhiteElo "1588"] [BlackElo "1352"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [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 } Nh6 3. Bxh6 gxh6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. b4 Bb6 7. c4 Qf6 8. c5 Qg6 9. cxb6 Qxe4+ 10. Be2 Qxh1 11. bxc7 Qxg1+ 12. Bf1 Qxh2 13. cxb8=Q Rxb8 14. Qg4 b6 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. Qxh7 Rb7 17. Qe4 Rc7 18. Na3 b5 19. Nxb5 Rc2 20. Qxc2 Rg8 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Na8 Bb7 23. Qc7+ Ke8 24. Qxb7 Rg5 25. Qxa7 Rg4 26. Nc7+ Ke7 27. Qc5+ Kd8 28. Nxe6+ Ke8 29. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
           1101010½1Marcus015½
           0010101½0David_20143½
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