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[Event "Almási Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KEM43Fdy"] [Date "2025.12.20"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.20"] [UTCTime "17:17:09"] [WhiteElo "1640"] [BlackElo "1240"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [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. Qf3 d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. e4 Nc5 6. exd5 exd5 7. b4 Ne4 8. d3 Nd6 9. Nc3 c6 10. b5 cxb5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Nh3 Be7 14. Nxe7 Nxe7 15. Bg5 O-O 16. Qe3 Re8 17. O-O Ndf5 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Rfe1 Qc8 20. Bxe7 Qc7 21. Qxf5 Rxe7 22. Ng5 Qxc2 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0