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[Event "Sergeant Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/vlbOIV1Q"] [Date "2026.03.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Yakub19"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.10"] [UTCTime "17:08:47"] [WhiteElo "1761"] [BlackElo "1893"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+25"] [BlackRatingDiff "-20"] [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 } Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. d5 O-O-O 8. dxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. Bd2 c5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qb6 13. Bxg7 Bb5 14. Bxb5 Qxb5 15. Bxh8 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Ne7 17. Bf6 Nc6 18. Bc3 f5 19. b3 c4 20. a4 Qa6 21. O-O cxb3 22. cxb3 h5 23. b4 Qxa4 24. Rb1 f4 25. b5 Ne7 26. Rfc1 Nd5 27. Be5 a6 28. bxa6 Qxa6 29. h3 Qd3 30. Rd1 Qg6 31. g3 fxg3 32. fxg3 Ne3 33. Rdc1 Nd5 34. h4 Qe4 35. Rf1 Qxe5 36. Nxe5 Ne3 37. Rf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
               11½00ioan202½
               00½11Yakub192½
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