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[Event "McShane Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TPBXnloz"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "17:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1359"] [BlackElo "1302"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qf3 f6 4. Nh3 Na5 5. b3 Bb4 6. c3 Bc5 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Nxc4 11. Nxc4 d5 12. Na5 b6 13. Nc6 Qd7 14. Nb4 Qd6 15. Nxd5 h5 16. Qf4 Qc6 17. Qe4+ Ne7 18. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0