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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/evI9s7V8"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Lucaous28"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:27:28"] [WhiteElo "1472"] [BlackElo "1337"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 f6 8. exf6 gxf6 9. d3 f5 10. Bg5 fxe4 11. Bxd8 Kxd8 12. dxe4 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Be6 15. O-O Ra7 16. Qh5 Rb7 17. Nxc6+ Kd7 18. Nd4 Rb4 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Rfe1+ Re4 21. Rxe4+ dxe4 22. c4 Kd6 23. b3 Kc6 24. a4 a5 25. Re1 Kb6 26. Rxe4 c5 27. Re6+ Kb7 28. Qe5 Ka7 29. Qxh8 Kb7 30. Qxh7+ Kc8 31. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
            111½1001Lucaous285½
            000½0110Matvei20162½
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