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[Event "Ivanchuk Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SWAAHJo7"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "16:19:06"] [WhiteElo "1523"] [BlackElo "1460"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-13"] [BlackRatingDiff "+15"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } c5 2. d4 b6 3. dxc5 bxc5 4. Qd5 Nc6 5. Qxc5 e5 6. Qe3 Nd4 7. Qxe5+ Ne6 8. Be3 f6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qf3 Bc5 11. Qxa8 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. Qxa7 f5 14. Rd1 f4 15. exf4 Nxf4 16. Qa6 Bxa6 17. g3 Ng2+ 18. Bxg2 Nf5 19. Be4 Ne3 20. Rd2 Qg5 21. Nf3 Qh6 22. Nd5 Ng2+ 23. Kd1 Bb7 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Bxb7 Kxf6 26. Rd6+ Ke7 27. Rd3 Ne3+ 28. Ke1 Nxc2+ 29. Kf1 Ne3+ 30. Kg1 Ng4 31. Be4 Rb8 32. b3 Ra8 33. a4 Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Qc5 35. Bxa8 Qf2+ 36. Kh3 h5 37. b4 Qxe2 38. Rdd1 Nf2+ 39. Kg2 Nxd1+ 40. Kg1 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1