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[Event "Sokolov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oEyGp6uM"] [Date "2025.12.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.04"] [UTCTime "17:16:15"] [WhiteElo "1612"] [BlackElo "1564"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-13"] [BlackRatingDiff "+13"] [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 } e6 2. h4 g5 3. Nf3 gxh4 4. Nxh4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Ng5 h6 7. Rxh6 Rxh6 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Qxg4 Bxg5 10. Nc3 Rh1+ 11. Ke2 d6 12. Ne4 e5 13. Nxg5 Bxg4+ 14. f3 Qxg5 15. Kf2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rh2+ 17. Ke1 Qg1+ 18. Bf1 Rf2 19. d3 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
10001101111½11101100Matei201713½
01110010000½00010011RomanSereda7½
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