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[Event "Polugaevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/J2b5K8TU"] [Date "2026.02.07"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.07"] [UTCTime "17:52:37"] [WhiteElo "1934"] [BlackElo "1384"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-26"] [BlackRatingDiff "+23"] [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 } e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. Be2 Bd7 6. O-O Qe7 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Ng8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O-O 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd3 c6 16. Qa3 Bxa3 17. bxa3 Rhg8 18. Rab1 Qg6 19. g3 Qxc2 20. Bh5 Qxa2 21. Bf7 Rgf8 22. Bh5 Qxa3 23. Be2 c5 24. Rfc1 Qa2 25. Rxc5+ Bc6 26. Re1 b6 27. Rc3 Qd5 28. Ba6+ Kb8 29. f3 Rxf3 30. Bc4 Qd4+ 31. Rce3 Rxe3 32. Rc1 Re2+ 33. Kf1 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1