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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Zk5jTRtl"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:16:26"] [WhiteElo "1366"] [BlackElo "1487"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [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 } d6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 Qb6 5. Nh3 Qa6 6. b3 Bf5 7. Nf4 Qb6 8. Na3 Qd8 9. Nb5 cxb5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Nd3 Nf6 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nc5 Qf5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. f3 exf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ 18. Kf2 Qh4+ 19. Ke2 Qxh2+ 20. Kd3 Qd6+ 21. Ke2 Nc6 22. Ke1 e5 23. Bb2 Nb4 24. f4 exf4 25. exf4 Qe6+ 26. Be5 Qf5 27. Ke2 Qe4+ 28. Kf2 Bc5+ 29. Kg3 Qg6+ 30. Kh3 Nd5 31. Rg1 Qe6+ 32. Qg4 Qxg4+ 33. Rxg4 f5 34. Bxg7 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Rg8 36. f5 Rxg7+ 37. Kf3 Bd6 38. Ke4 Nf6+ 39. Kd4 Rg4+ 40. Kd3 Rc8 41. Ke2 Rg3 42. Kd1 Rc5 43. Kc1 Rxf5 44. Kb2 Be5+ 45. Ka3 Bxa1 46. Ka4 Rg4+ 47. Ka3 Rf3 48. d3 Nd5 49. c4 Nb6 50. c5 Nd5 51. b4 Rxd3+ 52. Ka4 Rxb4+ 53. Ka5 Ra3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1