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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/iGRtRX7m"] [Date "2026.06.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.16"] [UTCTime "16:00:06"] [WhiteElo "1558"] [BlackElo "1559"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } Nh6 2. d3 g6 3. Bxh6 Bxh6 4. Ne4 e6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Ne5 d6 7. Ng4 Bg7 8. c3 Re8 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nc4 Bxg4 11. f3 Bc8 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 c5 14. e3 cxd4 15. Be2 d5 16. Na3 dxe3 17. O-O d4 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nc2 d3 21. Re1 e2 22. Qd2 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Be3 25. Nxe3 Nc6 26. Nc4 Rad8 27. Rb5 Nd4 28. Re5 Nb5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. a4 Nd4 31. Rc1 Nb3 32. Qe1 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 e1=Q+ 34. Qxe1 Rxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1