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[Event "Bacrot Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/q9XbrSwd"] [Date "2026.02.12"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.12"] [UTCTime "17:46:58"] [WhiteElo "1418"] [BlackElo "1401"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [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. Qf3 d5 3. Na3 Nf6 4. c4 Ne4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nh3 Bxa3 7. bxa3 Na6 8. d3 Nac5 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. Qxf5 Nxf2 12. Nxf2 b5 13. Nh3 c6 14. Ng5 Qd6 15. Qxf7+ Kd8 16. Bf5 Qc5 17. Ne6+ Kc8 18. Nxc5+ Kd8 19. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0