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[Event "Kovalevskaya Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8olLX07d"] [Date "2025.12.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.11"] [UTCTime "17:39:15"] [WhiteElo "1488"] [BlackElo "1541"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+14"] [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. Nf3 Bg4 3. h3 Bxf3 4. gxf3 Qd6 5. f4 e5 6. fxe5 Qxe5 7. d3 d4 8. e4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nh6 12. Ne2 Ng4 13. Nf4 Ne3 14. fxe3 dxe3 15. Qxe3 Qd4 16. Qf3 Qxb2 17. Rd1 Ne5 18. Qh5 Qxc2 19. Rd2 Qc3 20. Nd5 Qa5 21. Qxe5+ Kd7 22. Nxc7 Rae8 23. Nxe8 Qxe5 24. Nxg7 Qg3+ 25. Kd1 Qxg7 26. Rg2 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Rc8+ 28. Kb3 Qc3+ 29. Ka4 Rc4+ 30. Kb5 Rc5+ 31. Ka4 b5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1