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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zfSj8Zv8"] [Date "2026.10.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.24"] [UTCTime "16:00:27"] [WhiteElo "1634"] [BlackElo "1649"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 c5 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Re1 f6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Nh4 Qg4 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. c4 Be7 15. a4 O-O 16. a5 a6 17. f4 Qd7 18. b3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nd4 20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qc7 22. Re3 b6 23. Rae1 bxa5 24. Rxe7 Qc6 25. Re8 Raxe8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qxc6 Rf8 28. Qd7 a4 29. Qxd6 a3 30. Qd7 { White wins on time. } 1-0