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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lE7HHPxv"] [Date "2026.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.05"] [UTCTime "15:36:44"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Ng1 Nf6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 c5 7. Ne2 c4 8. Nd4 cxb3 9. Nxb3 Nfd7 10. Nd4 Qg5 11. Nxb5 Ba6 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. d3 Be7 14. Na3 Qf5 15. g3 Ne5 16. f3 Nxf3+ 17. Kf2 Bc5 18. Kf1 d4 19. e4 Qg4 20. Rg1 Nxg1 21. Kxg1 Qxd1+ 22. Kf2 Nd7 23. Kg2 Nf6 24. Kf2 h6 25. Bxh6 Nh7 26. Rxd1 gxh6 27. Nb1 f5 28. exf5 Ke7 29. fxe6 Raf8+ 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. Re1 Bb7+ 32. Kg1 Rf3 33. a4 h5 34. a5 a6 35. Na3 Bxa3 36. bxa3 Rhf8 37. Re5 Rf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1