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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NiuRRZbU"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:39:50"] [WhiteElo "1437"] [BlackElo "1977"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [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 Nf6 3. Ne2 Nc6 4. Nf4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bxf4 6. exf4 Nd4 7. Qe3 c5 8. Be4 O-O 9. Qh3 Nxe4 10. Kd1 Nxf2+ 11. Ke1 Nxh3 12. gxh3 Nxc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxa1 14. Nc3 Qh4 15. Ne2 Qxh3 16. d3 Qxd3+ 17. Bd2 Qc2+ 18. Ke1 d5 19. f5 Qxf5 20. Bc3 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 d4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rg1 Qc2+ 25. Ke3 Nf5+ 26. Kf4 Qf2+ 27. Kg4 Qxg1+ 28. Kf4 Qxh2+ 29. Ke4 Qe2+ 30. Kf4 g5+ 31. Kxg5 Qe5 32. Kg4 Nh6+ 33. Kf3 f5 34. Kg2 Rf6 35. b4 Qe4+ 36. Kf1 Rg6 37. Kf2 Rg2+ 38. Kf1 Qe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1