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[Event "Grob Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/W4G8H0tb"] [Date "2026.01.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.22"] [UTCTime "17:15:41"] [WhiteElo "1332"] [BlackElo "1370"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [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 } e6 2. Nh3 Qf6 3. Be2 Be7 4. O-O Qf5 5. g4 Qe5 6. f4 Qe4 7. Bf3 Qc4 8. d3 Qc6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Ng5 Na6 11. Ne4 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. d4 Bb6 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. Na4 Ba5 16. c3 Ne4 17. b4 Bxb4 18. cxb4 Nd6 19. Nc5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 e5 21. fxe5 g6 22. Ng5 h5 23. Nxf7 Bxg4 24. Qd3 Bf5 25. Qc4 b5 26. Qxc6+ Bd7 27. Qxa8+ Bc8 28. Nxh8 Kd7 29. Nxg6 Ba6 30. Qxa7 Bc8 31. Rf7+ Kd8 32. Qxc7+ Ke8 33. Nh8 Be6 34. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0