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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7yWBFGv0"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "SlivForNokia10"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:33:07"] [WhiteElo "2026"] [BlackElo "1693"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+19"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bc5 3. dxc5 Qf6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. Bg5 Qxc5 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Qc5 9. Be3 Qe7 10. e5 f6 11. Nb5 fxe5 12. Nxc7+ Kf8 13. Nxa8 Qf7 14. Bc5+ d6 15. Qxd6+ Ke8 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxc7 h5 18. Ng5 Rh6 19. Qf7+ Kd8 20. Rad1+ Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4+ Bd7 23. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0