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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WySnLKmC"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "David_2014"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:08:24"] [WhiteElo "1292"] [BlackElo "1379"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Be2 Bc5 3. Bc4 Qf6 4. Qe2 Nh6 5. Nh3 Ng4 6. Rf1 Nxh2 7. Rh1 Ng4 8. Rf1 Nh2 9. Rh1 Qf4 10. Nxf4 Ng4 11. Qxg4 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 f5 13. Qg5 fxe4 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. Qxh7 Rxf4+ 16. Kg1 e5 17. Qg8+ Ke7 18. d3 exd3 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. cxd3 a5 21. Qf7+ Kd6 22. Qd5+ Ke7 23. Rh6 Nc6 24. Qf7+ Kd8 25. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                 100Matvei20161
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