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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/JxkLrNmo"] [Date "2026.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "DanielOprea"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.02"] [UTCTime "16:40:12"] [WhiteElo "1622"] [BlackElo "1450"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-21"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Bd6 4. Na3 Qh4 5. g3 Qh6 6. e4 Bf8 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Bb5 c6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qxh5 Nf6 12. Qh6 Rg8 13. e5 Ng4 14. Qxh7 Rf8 15. Bg6 fxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kd8 17. Qxg4 Na6 18. O-O-O Nc7 19. c4 Rxf2 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Rxd5 a6 24. Qg8+ Kc7 25. Rc5+ Kb6 26. Rxc8 Ra7 27. Rc6+ Kxc6 28. Qd5+ Kxd5 29. b3 Kd4 30. Kd1 { White wins on time. } 1-0