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[Event "Matei2017 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9rMDCidu"] [Date "2025.07.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad2025"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.02"] [UTCTime "15:42:55"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1529"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-161"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Bird Invitation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Bb5 { C00 French Defense: Bird Invitation } Nh6 3. Nf3 Ng4 4. Qe2 h5 5. Qc4 c6 6. Ba4 Qb6 7. Nd4 d5 8. Qxc6+ Nxc6 9. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 10. Kd1 bxc6 11. d4 Ba6 12. Nc3 Qe2+ 13. Nxe2 Nf2+ 14. Ke1 Nxh1 15. Nf4 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Nf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1