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[Event "Bacrot Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5tUk5BxR"] [Date "2026.02.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "mattias2"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.12"] [UTCTime "17:27:29"] [WhiteElo "1403"] [BlackElo "1290"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [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 } d5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Nh3 Qd6 4. Nf4 Bg4 5. Qg3 Nc6 6. h3 Bf5 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qf3 Qb4+ 9. Bd2 Qxb2 10. Bc3 Qb6 11. h4 O-O-O 12. Na3 Na5 13. Bb2 Qb4+ 14. c3 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxc3+ 16. Kd1 Qxa3 17. Qh5 Bg6 18. Qe5 Nxf2+ 19. Ke1 Nxh1 20. Rc1 Qxa2 21. Qxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0