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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WqYbR1Bl"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Marcus01"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:42:21"] [WhiteElo "1391"] [BlackElo "1464"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [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 Nf6 3. Nh3 d5 4. Ng5 dxc4 5. b3 cxb3 6. cxb3 h6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nc6 10. g4 Nb4 11. Na3 Nd3+ 12. Kd1 Nc5 13. Nb5 Na6 14. Bb2 Bb4 15. Bc3 Ba3 16. Nxa3 Nd5 17. Bxe5 Ndb4 18. Bxg7 Qd7 19. Bxh8 Rd8 20. Bg7 Qxd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
                 ½10Matvei20161½
                 ½01Marcus011½
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