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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BEt57AKf"] [Date "2026.05.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Ceavdari"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.21"] [UTCTime "16:17:42"] [WhiteElo "1550"] [BlackElo "1414"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Bf4 Ng6 5. Bg3 Nf6 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. c3 Ne4 8. cxb4 Qf6 9. f3 Nf2 10. Kxf2 Qxb2 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Qxb4 13. e3 Qb2+ 14. Be2 d6 15. Bxd6 Bd7 16. Bc7+ Kc8 17. Kf1 Ba4 18. Qe1 Re8 19. e4 Bb5 20. Bxb5 Qxb5+ 21. Qe2 Qxe2+ 22. Kxe2 Nf4+ 23. Kf1 Re7 24. Bxf4 Rd7 25. Nc7 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 Kxc7 27. Rc1+ Kb8 28. Nh3 a6 29. Kf2 Ka7 30. Rhd1 Kb6 31. Rd6+ Ka5 32. Rc4 Kb5 33. Rcd4 Kc5 34. Rd8 Kc6 35. Rd1 Kc7 36. R8d2 Kb8 37. Rc2 Ka7 38. Rd6 b6 39. Rb2 a5 40. Rd7+ Ka6 41. Nf4 a4 42. Nd5 Ka5 43. Ra7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0