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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2PXrPaJ7"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "ArianaL"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:09:30"] [WhiteElo "1483"] [BlackElo "1163"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 e5 { A00 Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch } 2. d4 f6 3. Nf3 f5 4. Nxe5 Qf6 5. Nd5 Qd6 6. c4 b5 7. Qd3 bxc4 8. Qxc4 Ba6 9. Qc5 Qxc5 10. dxc5 c6 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Bb7 13. Bg5+ Be7 14. Bxe7+ Kxe7 15. Rd1 f4 16. Nc7 Nf6 17. g3 Ne4 18. Rg1 d6 19. cxd6+ Kf6 20. Ng4+ Kf5 21. gxf4 Kxf4 22. e3+ Kf3 23. Rd4 Nxd6 24. Rg3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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