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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/dOMablRW"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Marcus01"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "16:45:33"] [WhiteElo "1599"] [BlackElo "1360"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C02"] [Opening "French Defense: Advance Variation #3"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 { C02 French Defense: Advance Variation #3 } f6 4. exf6 Nxf6 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bxd8 Kxd8 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. c3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Bd7 11. Qb3 c6 12. Qxb7 Na6 13. Qxa8+ Bc8 14. Qxa7 Nc7 15. Qb8 Rf8 16. Ba6 Nxa6 17. Qd6+ Bd7 18. Qxf8+ Be8 19. Qxg7 Bd7 20. Qxh7 Nb4 21. Rb1 Nc2+ 22. Kd2 Nxd4 23. Rb8+ Bc8 24. Qg8+ Kc7 25. Qxc8+ Kd6 26. Qd8+ Kc5 27. Qe7+ Kc4 28. Qb4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0