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[Event "Kan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lVXK9WLK"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.09"] [UTCTime "17:00:53"] [WhiteElo "1248"] [BlackElo "1626"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [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. Be2 c6 3. Bh5 g6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Na3 Bg7 6. Nh3 O-O 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Nf4 Nf6 9. Nh3 Na6 10. Nf4 Nc5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Bc4 h5 13. Be2 e5 14. Nh3 e4 15. f3 d5 16. Nf4 Qxf4 17. fxe4 Qxe4 18. Nb1 Ng4 19. Bf3 Qf4 20. Bxg4 hxg4 21. Rxf4 Be5 22. Rxg4 f5 23. Rxg6+ Kh8 24. Rh6+ Kg7 25. Rh5 f4 26. Rg5+ Kf6 27. Qg4 Bxg4 28. Rxg4 f3 29. gxf3 Rf7 30. Nc3 Raf8 31. Rh4 Rg8+ 32. Kh1 Rfg7 33. Nxd5+ cxd5 34. d4 Rg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1