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[Event "Hamppe Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9IlCveVm"] [Date "2025.12.06"] [Round "-"] [White "AlexandrG"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.06"] [UTCTime "17:12:22"] [WhiteElo "1469"] [BlackElo "1174"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C21"] [Opening "Center Game #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 { C21 Center Game #2 } Qg5 3. Bxg5 Nh6 4. Bxh6 gxh6 5. dxe5 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Na6 8. Nd5 d6 9. Nxe7+ Kg7 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qxd6 Nb4 12. Qxb4 Re8 13. Nf5+ Kh8 14. Qd4+ Kg8 15. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0