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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6dYY787i"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "MaximBasac"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "17:43:21"] [WhiteElo "1663"] [BlackElo "1336"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Bxc3+ 4. bxc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxe4 6. Qd3 Nd6 7. Ne5 f6 8. Nc4 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 d5 10. Qb4 Na6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. Qb4 Rb8 15. Qc5 Qe7 16. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0