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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4pyr0EVr"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:42:43"] [WhiteElo "1347"] [BlackElo "1421"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+14"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Nh3 Bc5 3. Be2 e5 4. O-O d5 5. Ng5 Qxg5 6. h3 Bxh3 7. Bg4 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Bxg4 9. Qe1 Qf4+ 10. Kg1 Qh6 11. Kf2 Nf6 12. c3 Qh2 13. d4 Nxe4+ 14. Ke3 Qxg2 15. dxe5 Qg3+ 16. Kd4 Qh3 17. Kxd5 Ng3 18. Rg1 Be6+ 19. Kd4 Nf5+ 20. Ke4 Qh4+ 21. Kd3 Qxe1 22. Rxe1 O-O 23. c4 Rd8+ 24. Kc3 Rd4 25. Kb3 Rxc4 26. Ka3 Na6 27. Bd2 Nc5 28. b3 Rc2 29. Bc1 Bxb3 30. axb3 Nxb3 31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Bxd2 Rxd2 33. Reb1 Rd4 34. Rxb7 Rad8 35. Rab1 Rd3+ 36. Ka2 Rd2+ 37. Ka3 R8d3+ 38. Ka4 Rd4+ 39. Kb5 Rd5+ 40. Kc6 Rxe5 41. Kxc7 Ne7 42. Rxa7 Nd5+ 43. Kb7 Re7+ 44. Ka6 Re6+ 45. Kb7 Re7+ 46. Ka6 Rxa7+ 47. Kxa7 Ra2+ 48. Kb7 Nc3 49. Rb6 Na4 50. Rc6 Nb2 51. Rc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
      00000100000111Matvei20164
      11111011111000Markits10
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