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[Event "Matei2017 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ArlfbvXB"] [Date "2025.07.02"] [Round "-"] [White "david34"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.02"] [UTCTime "15:33:36"] [WhiteElo "1420"] [BlackElo "1530"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-46"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. f4 { C00 French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation } Nh6 3. f5 exf5 4. exf5 Qe7+ 5. Qe2 Nxf5 6. Qxe7+ Nxe7 7. Nf3 Nd5 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 Nf4 11. d4 Ba6 12. Bxf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Bd3 d5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Re1+ Kd8 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Rxc4 Re1+ 20. Kf2 Re4 21. Kf3 Re1 22. Kf2 Re6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Nc3 Rb8 25. Nxd5 Rxb2+ 26. Kf3 Rf6+ 27. Ke4 Re2+ 28. Ne3 Re6+ 29. Kd3 R2xe3+ 30. Kc2 Re2+ 31. Kb3 Rb6+ 32. Rb4 Re3+ 33. Ka4 Ra6+ 34. Kb5 Rb6+ 35. Ka5 Re5+ 36. Rb5 Rbxb5+ 37. Ka4 Ra5+ 38. Kb3 Reb5+ 39. Kc2 Rc5+ 40. Kb1 Rab5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1