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[Event "Sigurjónsson Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WMqLovYd"] [Date "2025.09.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Alex_Alex"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.30"] [UTCTime "16:31:36"] [WhiteElo "1924"] [BlackElo "1589"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } e5 3. dxe5 d5 4. exd6 Bxd6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. Qe2+ Kf8 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qc8 10. g3 Bg4 11. Bg2 Ne5 12. O-O Qe6 13. Qe4 Bh3 14. Qf4+ Ke8 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nxe5 Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. Qf6+ Ke8 20. Qxh8+ Ke7 21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. Re1 Bc5 23. Nc6+ Be3 24. Rxe3+ Qe6 25. Rxe6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0