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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/39yUAO8R"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucaous28"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:00:13"] [WhiteElo "1445"] [BlackElo "1481"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-23"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Nc3 Qf6 4. d4 Bb6 5. Bg5 Qg6 6. Qd2 Nc6 7. O-O-O Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxg5+ 10. Kb1 Qd8 11. Bc4 d5 12. Qxg7 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. exd5 c6 15. Rhe1 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bd7 18. Nc7+ Ke7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Kc1 Rc8 21. Kd2 Bc6 22. c4 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Rc1 Bc6 25. b4 Kd7 26. a3 Bxg2 27. Rxc8 Kxc8 28. Ke2 Bc6 29. Rc1 Kc7 30. b5 a5 31. bxc6 e5 32. Ke3 f5 33. Kf3 e4+ 34. Kf4 a4 35. Kxf5 e3 36. fxe3 h5 37. Kg5 h4 38. Kxh4 Kb6 39. c7 Kb7 40. c8=Q+ Kb6 41. Qb8+ Ka5 42. Rc5+ Ka6 43. Qb5+ Ka7 44. Qxa4+ Kb8 45. Rb5+ Kc7 46. Qc2+ Kd6 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. a4 Kd5 49. Rc6 Ke5 50. Qc5+ Ke4 51. Qd4+ Kf3 52. Rf6+ Kg2 53. Qg4+ Kxh2 54. Rh6 Kh1 55. Kg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0