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[Event "Kovalevskaya Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/OGd0ZuAL"] [Date "2025.12.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Stefanmartie"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.11"] [UTCTime "17:44:32"] [WhiteElo "1555"] [BlackElo "1465"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } d6 2. e4 e6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Qb5 a6 8. Qxb7 Qd8 9. Qxc6+ Kf8 10. d4 Nf6 11. Ng5 Rg8 12. e5 dxe5 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Nxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0