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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9jKXBx4A"] [Date "2026.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.02"] [UTCTime "16:36:00"] [WhiteElo "1719"] [BlackElo "1401"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Bxd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. Qxf6 gxf6 8. Bc4 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Na4 b5 15. Nc5 Rd8 16. Bg5 fxg5 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nd6 19. Rxd6 Be6 20. Rxe6 Re8 21. Rxc6 Re5 22. b4 Re6 23. Rxe6 g4 24. c3 a5 25. bxa5 h6 26. a6 h5 27. a7 h4 28. a8=Q h3 29. gxh3 gxh3 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0