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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lAcLcHpD"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "DavidB"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:53:47"] [WhiteElo "1249"] [BlackElo "1323"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bd3 c5 5. Nh3 c4 6. Be2 Qa5 7. O-O Bb4 8. d3 Qd8 9. Bg4 Qh4 10. Be2 Qh6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. dxc4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Qd5 Nc6 15. Qb5 a6 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa6 Bc8 18. Qxc6+ Bd7 19. Qc5 Rc8 20. Qxb4 Bc6 21. f3 Nf6 22. Rd1 Ba8 23. Qb5+ Nd7 24. Qxd7+ Kf8 25. Qxc8+ Ke7 26. Qc7+ Ke8 27. Qc8+ Ke7 28. Qxh8 Bc6 29. Qc8 Kf6 30. Qxc6 h5 31. Bb5 Ke5 32. Qc3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0