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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/mgWrScN1"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Lucaous28"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:34:19"] [WhiteElo "1353"] [BlackElo "1482"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Nh3 O-O 5. Ng5 Bb4 6. Qh3 Nh5 7. Qxh5 g6 8. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
          111½100110Lucaous286½
          000½011001Matvei20163½
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