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[Event "Paulsen Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9kPyRIAz"] [Date "2025.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.22"] [UTCTime "17:09:23"] [WhiteElo "1543"] [BlackElo "1568"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [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 } e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bh3 Ne4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qf3 b6 6. Qxa8 Ng4 7. Qxb8 Qf6 8. Qxc8+ Ke7 9. Bf3 g6 10. Bxg4 Bh6 11. Qxc7 Rd8 12. Qxa7 Bg7 13. Qxb6 d6 14. Qc7+ Rd7 15. Qb6 d5 16. Qb4+ Rd6 17. Qb7+ Ke8 18. Qb8+ Rd8 19. Qb5+ Kf8 20. Qc5+ Kg8 21. Nf3 Bf8 22. Qd4 Qe7 23. Ne5 Qf6 24. Nc6 e5 25. Qxe5 Qxc6 26. Bf3 Bd6 27. Qxd5 Qc7 28. Be2 Bc5 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. d4 Bb4+ 31. c3 Ba5 32. b4 Bb6 33. O-O Qh3 34. Bd3 Rb8 35. Bc4 Rc8 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Na3 Rc7 38. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
10001101111½11101100Matei201713½
01110010000½00010011RomanSereda7½
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