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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/RHwnlQgq"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:38:26"] [WhiteElo "1526"] [BlackElo "1336"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Bf4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Qf3 Nxc4 7. Rb1 Qb6 8. e3 Nxb2 9. e4 Nd3+ 10. Qxd3 Qxb1+ 11. Qxb1 Ba3 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Bd6 Nf6 15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. exd5 Rg8 18. Qxa7 h6 19. Nge4 h5 20. Bxa3 g6 21. Nd6+ Ke7 22. Nxc8+ Kf6 23. Be7+ Kf5 24. Qxd7 h4 25. Bd3+ Kf4 26. g3+ hxg3 27. fxg3+ Kf3 28. Be2+ Kg2 29. Rf1 Kxh2 30. Bxg4 Kxg3 31. Bxe6 Rg7 32. Bxf7 Rxf7 33. Qe6 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 cxd5 35. Bh4+ Kxh4 36. Qxg6 Kh3 37. Qg2+ Kh4 38. Kf2 Kh5 39. Qg3 Kh6 40. Kf3 Kh7 41. Qg4 Kh6 42. Kf4 Kh7 43. Qg5 Kh8 44. Kf5 Kh7 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qg5 Kh7 47. Kf6 Kh8 48. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0