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[Event "Malakhov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/f7iD2Lb1"] [Date "2025.10.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "LaiuDamian"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.10.02"] [UTCTime "16:28:50"] [WhiteElo "1611"] [BlackElo "1278"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-21"] [BlackRatingDiff "+23"] [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 } d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h4 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. g3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ne4 12. f3 Bxg3+ 13. Kd1 Nf2+ 14. Ke2 Nxh1 15. Kd1 Nf2+ 16. Ke1 Qxg5 17. f4 Qh5 18. Bd3 Nh3+ 19. Kf1 Qf3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
001000110000½0101100LaiuDamian12½
110111001111½1010011Matei201717½
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