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[Event "Napier Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/d8FOBqKu"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Robert2015"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:33:42"] [WhiteElo "1390"] [BlackElo "1374"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ng1 Nc6 4. Nh3 e5 5. f4 exf4 6. exf4 d5 7. Ng5 Bg4 8. Be2 Nd4 9. c3 Bxe2 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Qb3 Bc5 12. Qxd5 Nc2+ 13. Kxe2 Nxa1 14. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0