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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TI2lG8xt"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Fiodor2016"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:48:28"] [WhiteElo "1276"] [BlackElo "1498"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [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 } d6 2. Bc4 Be6 3. Bb3 Qd7 4. Qf3 Bg4 5. Qe4 Qf5 6. Qd3 Nc6 7. Qc3 Bh5 8. Ba4 Qg4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Ne2 Qxe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1