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[Event "Gunsberg Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/L83mX5kR"] [Date "2025.12.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Fiodor2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.23"] [UTCTime "17:00:03"] [WhiteElo "1222"] [BlackElo "1254"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Nh3 Nf6 3. Be2 Nxe4 4. Bb5 Nf6 5. Qe2 Ng8 6. O-O Be7 7. Na3 Bd6 8. Nc4 Ne7 9. Nxd6+ cxd6 10. Nf4 Rf8 11. Nh5 g6 12. Ng7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0