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[Event "Englisch Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/L02dv1oc"] [Date "2026.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_06"] [Black "ArianaL"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.19"] [UTCTime "17:00:06"] [WhiteElo "1250"] [BlackElo "1052"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-61"] [BlackRatingDiff "+20"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. h4 Qf6 3. Bg5 Qg6 4. h5 Qxg5 5. Nf3 Qxh5 6. Ng5 Qxh1 7. Nf3 Qh6 8. g4 Be7 9. Ne5 f6 10. Nc4 e5 11. dxe5 fxe5 12. Nxe5 d6 13. Nd3 Bh4 14. Nc3 Qf6 15. Ne4 Qf7 16. Ne5 Qf4 17. Nf7 Kxf7 18. Nd2 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1