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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/T8kVdDS0"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "mihai9"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:21:51"] [WhiteElo "1432"] [BlackElo "1338"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Qe2 Qe7 4. Qb5 Na6 5. Ne5 c6 6. Qa5 b6 7. Qc3 d6 8. Nxc6 Bb7 9. Nxe7 Bxe7 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Qxc6+ Kd8 12. Qxa8+ Kc7 13. Qc6+ Kb8 14. d4 Nb4 15. Bd2 Nxc2+ 16. Kf1 Nxa1 17. Ba5 bxa5 18. Qa6 Kc7 19. Qxa7+ Kc8 20. Qxe7 Re8 21. Qd7+ Nxd7 22. Ke2 Rd8 23. Rc1+ Kb7 24. Bc6+ Kc7 25. Bb5+ Kb6 26. Nc3 Nf6 27. Ba4 Ng4 28. Nb5 Nxh2 29. Rc7 h5 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 h4 32. Rc6+ Kb7 33. Nc3 Nf3 34. Nb5 Ne1 35. Nxd6+ Ka8 36. Kxe1 Rh8 37. b4 axb4 38. Bb5 Rh5 39. Ra6+ Kb8 40. Bc6 Kc7 41. Nb5+ Kd8 42. Ra8+ Ke7 43. Re8+ Kf6 44. g4 Rg5 45. d6 Rxg4 46. d7 h3 47. d8=Q+ Kg6 48. Be4+ Kh5 49. Qd5+ Kh6 50. Nd4 h2 51. Ne6 fxe6 52. Rxe6+ Rg6 53. Rxg6+ Kh7 54. Qh5+ Kg8 55. Bd5+ Kf8 56. Qe5 h1=Q+ 57. Ke2 Nc2 58. Re6 Qe1+ 59. Kf3 Qd1+ 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kf4 Qc1+ 62. Kf5 Qa1 63. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0