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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7DXlBMaG"] [Date "2026.06.23"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.23"] [UTCTime "16:21:43"] [WhiteElo "1607"] [BlackElo "1318"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: King's Indian Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 { C00 French Defense: King's Indian Attack } Bb4+ 3. c3 Bf8 4. Nf3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. c4 dxc4 8. dxc4 Bg4 9. Qe3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qd6 11. c5 Qc6 12. b4 Qb5 13. Bxb5+ c6 14. Nc3 cxb5 15. Nxb5 a6 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. Nxa8 b6 18. Qe5 Nd7 19. Qc7 bxc5 20. Qc8+ Bd8 21. Qxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0