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[Event "Hamppe Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZTlyxReg"] [Date "2025.12.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.06"] [UTCTime "17:05:04"] [WhiteElo "1174"] [BlackElo "1878"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [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. Qg4 Nf6 3. Qd1 Bc5 4. Nh3 Nxe4 5. Be2 Qf6 6. O-O Bxf2+ 7. Nxf2 Nxf2 8. Rxf2 Qd4 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Nb1 d5 13. d4 Nxd4 14. a4 e5 15. Ra3 Bf5 16. Rg3 Bxc2 17. Qf1 Bxb1 18. Qd1 Bc2 19. Qf1 Nb3 20. Bh6 g6 21. Rxg6+ hxg6 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bd1 Nd2 24. Qe1 Bxd1 25. Qxd1 Ne4 26. Qxd5 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1