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[Event "Ruan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/DaL5hTkx"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.03"] [UTCTime "17:19:45"] [WhiteElo "1457"] [BlackElo "1357"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Ne5 Qf6 4. f3 Qxe5 5. d3 Qd4 6. Qd2 Qf6 7. Qf4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Qd2 Qxa1 11. Be2 Qxa2 12. O-O Qa6 13. d4 Qd6 14. e5 Qd5 15. c3 Nh6 16. c4 Qc6 17. d5 Qc5+ 18. Qe3 Nf5 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qxc7 Na6 21. dxe6 Nxc7 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. c5 bxc5 24. Bc4+ Kf8 25. Ba3 Ne3 26. Bxc5+ Ke8 27. Bxe3 Ba6 28. Bxa6 Nxa6 29. Re1 Nb4 30. e6 Nd3 31. exd7+ Kxd7 32. Bd4 Nxe1 { White resigns. } 0-1