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[Event "McShane Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cIzxbW2V"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "David_2014"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "17:32:11"] [WhiteElo "1376"] [BlackElo "1313"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-14"] [BlackRatingDiff "+14"] [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 } e6 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. d4 Bb6 4. Ng5 Ba5+ 5. c3 Qxg5 6. f4 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qf6 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qh6 Nxh6 10. Bh3 Bb6 11. Na3 e5 12. Nc4 Qc6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. fxe5 Qc6 16. Rf1 Qg2 17. Rf2 Qg1+ 18. Rf1 Qg2 19. Rf2 Qg1+ 20. Rf1 Qxh2 21. Rf2 Qxg3 22. Bd2 Bh3 23. Rd1 Qg1+ 24. Rf1 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1