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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/THHKzulZ"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:00:01"] [WhiteElo "1390"] [BlackElo "1421"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-11"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. h4 h5 5. g3 g6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. b4 b5 8. a3 a6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Rh3 Rh6 11. a4 a5 12. axb5 axb4 13. Na4 Na5 14. b6 b3 15. cxb3 cxb6 16. Nxb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. b4 Nxb4 20. Ba6 Ra8 21. Bb7 Rxa1 22. Qd1 Nd3+ 23. Ke2 Nc5 24. Bb2 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Nxb7 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Ng5 Qxf2 28. Nxf7 Qf1+ 29. Kc2 Qxf7 30. Kc3 Qf5 31. Kb3 Qxh3 32. Kc3 Qxg3 33. Kc4 Qxh4+ 34. Kb5 Qd8 35. Ka6 Qa8+ 36. Kb6 Nd8 37. Kb5 Qa2 38. d4 Qd2 39. Kc4 Qxe3 40. d5 exd5+ 41. Kxd5 Nf7 42. Kc4 h4 43. Kb5 h3 44. Kc4 h2 45. Kb5 h1=Q 46. Ka5 g5 47. Ka6 g4 48. Kb5 g3 49. Ka4 g2 50. Kb5 g1=Q 51. Ka6 Be7+ 52. Kb5 d5 53. Ka4 d4 54. Kb5 d3 55. Ka5 d2 56. Ka4 d1=Q+ 57. Kb5 Qe6 58. Ka5 Qg5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1