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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/o4Uuq2fu"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "BO0gd0an"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:14:42"] [WhiteElo "1357"] [BlackElo "1331"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+126"] [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 d6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Qf4 exf4 5. exf4 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Bg4 7. f3 Bf5 8. g4 Bg6 9. f5 Nc6 10. fxg6 fxg6 11. Nh3 O-O-O 12. Ng5 Re8 13. Nh3 Qxe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1