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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/F2GnY8Cv"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:09:11"] [WhiteElo "1365"] [BlackElo "1503"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [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 } e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. exd4 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Na4 Qf6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bxd5 Bg4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. h3 Bh5 14. O-O Nh6 15. Bb2 Nf5 16. Bc3 c5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc3 19. Nd2 Bxd1 20. Nb1 Qxa1 21. Nd2 Qxa3 22. Rxd1 Nd4 23. Nb1 Qxc5 24. Nc3 Qxc3 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. g4 Qd5 27. f3 Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Qa2 29. Ke3 Qxc2 30. Kf4 Ra5 31. Kg3 O-O 32. Kh4 Re8 33. g5 h6 34. gxh6 gxh6 35. Kg4 Qc4+ 36. Kg3 Re3 37. Kf2 Qe2+ 38. Kg3 Qxf3+ 39. Kh4 Rh5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
    1111101111100011Markits12
    0000010000011100Matvei20164
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