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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Hn6LcQrM"] [Date "2026.06.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.25"] [UTCTime "16:11:11"] [WhiteElo "1587"] [BlackElo "1288"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bb4+ 3. c3 Bf8 4. f3 Nf6 5. e5 Nh5 6. f4 f6 7. exf6 gxf6 8. g4 Ng7 9. g5 fxg5 10. fxg5 Be7 11. h4 Nf5 12. Qh5+ Kf8 13. Bd3 Ng7 14. Qh6 Rg8 15. Qxh7 Bd6 16. g6 Bg3+ 17. Kd1 Bd6 18. Bh6 Qe7 19. Bxg7+ Rxg7 20. Qh8+ Rg8 21. Qh6+ Rg7 22. Qh8+ Rg8 23. g7+ Qxg7 24. Qxg7+ Rxg7 25. Ne2 Be7 26. h5 Rg5 27. h6 Bf6 28. h7 Rg8 29. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 30. Bh7+ Kg7 31. Be4 Bg5 32. Na3 Be7 33. Nb5 a5 34. Nxc7 Ra7 35. Ne8+ Kf8 36. Bg6 d5 37. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
        ½01011111111Marcus019½
        ½10100000000Matvei20162½
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