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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Bw0sUPJ0"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "LaiuDamian"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:38:34"] [WhiteElo "1790"] [BlackElo "1513"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+21"] [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 } d5 2. c4 e5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Bf1 Be7 8. d4 Bf5 9. b3 exd4 10. Bc4 Qxg2 11. Qf3 Be4 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Qf4 Qxh1 14. Kd2 b5 15. Be6 Bb4+ 16. Ke2 d3+ 17. Kd1 Qxg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1