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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aqu8xbjW"] [Date "2026.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.09"] [UTCTime "16:17:52"] [WhiteElo "1567"] [BlackElo "1362"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Nc6 3. c3 Nb8 4. c4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qe6+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bb4 10. Bf4 Na6 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. Bxa6 Ne4 14. Bxc7 bxa6 15. Bf4 Nxc3 16. Rc1 Nb5 17. a4 Nxd4 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 O-O 20. O-O Be6 21. Rc6 Bd7 22. Rxa6 Bc8 23. Rd6 Bh3 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
        ½10100000000Matvei20162½
        ½01011111111Marcus019½
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