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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6JcISLen"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:47:42"] [WhiteElo "1425"] [BlackElo "1382"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+13"] [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. Qf3 Qf6 3. Qe2 Qe7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g4 Nxg4 6. h3 Nf6 7. h4 Nh5 8. Bh3 f5 9. Bg2 g5 10. hxg5 Ng7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nb5 Rb8 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nb5 a6 15. Nc3 Na5 16. Na4 b5 17. Nc3 Nh5 18. d4 Nc4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 d6 21. Rxh5 dxe5 22. Nd5 Qd7 23. Nf6 Qc7 24. b3 Rb6 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb4 27. Bd2 Rxc4 28. Ba5 Qxa5+ 29. Kd1 Qa4+ 30. Kd2 Qc2+ 31. Ke1 Qc3+ 32. Kd1 Qxa1+ 33. Kd2 Qxa2+ 34. Kd3 Rc2 35. Qf3 Qb3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1