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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/i8RQ3ZV5"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:34:14"] [WhiteElo "1352"] [BlackElo "1605"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [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 } Nh6 2. Nh3 e6 3. Be2 g6 4. a3 Bg7 5. b4 Bxa1 6. Nc3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. Ng5 Qxg5 10. Bb2 Ng4 11. b5 Qh5 12. Bxg4 Qg5 13. h3 e5 14. g3 Bxg4 15. h4 Bxd1 16. hxg5 Be2 17. Re1 Bxb5 18. g4 d4 19. exd4 exd4 20. cxd4 Nc6 21. Rf1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxf1 23. Bg7 Rfe8 24. Kxf1 Rad8 25. Kg1 Kxg7 26. Kg2 a5 27. Kf1 b5 28. Kg1 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Kg2 Rd2 31. Kg1 Rxc2 32. Kf1 b3 33. Kg1 b2 34. Kg2 b1=Q 35. Kf3 f6 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Kf4 Rc4+ 38. Kf3 Qe4+ 39. Kg3 h5 40. Kh4 hxg4 41. Kg3 g5 42. f3 Qxf3+ 43. Kh2 g3+ 44. Kh3 Rh8# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
              ½00100Matvei20161½
              ½11011paliciucpavel4½
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