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[Event "Bacrot Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3mGvlZIf"] [Date "2026.02.12"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.12"] [UTCTime "17:33:19"] [WhiteElo "1949"] [BlackElo "1411"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Be2 Nc6 4. O-O Ne5 5. Nc3 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 7. d4 Bb6 8. Qd3 Ba5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 g6 11. e4 Qe7 12. e5 Nh5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. d5 exd5 15. Qxd5 c6 16. Qd6 Qe6 17. Qxe6+ dxe6 18. Rad1 Rg8 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Re4 c5 21. Ba5 b6 22. Bc3 O-O-O 23. b4 Rdf8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rc4 Kb7 26. Rxc5 Rg7 27. Rxd7+ Ka6 28. Ra5+ Kb6 29. Rd6+ Kc7 30. Rxa7+ Kc8 31. Rdd7 Rfg8 32. Rac7+ Kb8 33. g3 f5 34. exf6 Rxd7 35. Rxd7 e5 36. Bxe5+ Kc8 37. Rc7+ Kb8 38. Rg7+ Kc8 39. Rxg8+ Kd7 40. f7 Ke6 41. Bh8 Kxf7 42. Rg7+ Kf6 43. a4 Ke6 44. a5 Kd6 45. a6 Kc6 46. a7 Kb6 47. a8=Q Kb5 48. Qc8 Kb4 49. Rb7+ Ka3 50. Qa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0