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[Event "Sokolov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/T3cVyeHf"] [Date "2025.12.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.04"] [UTCTime "17:37:09"] [WhiteElo "1163"] [BlackElo "1607"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [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. Qg4 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qg5 b5 5. Bxb5 Na6 6. Qxg7 Ke7 7. Qxh8 Qxh8 8. Bxa6 Bxa6 9. Nh3 Nxe4 10. d3 Qf6 11. Be3 Nxf2 12. Nd2 Bxe3 13. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kd1 Qxd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1