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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/stvdbZ7f"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:14:50"] [WhiteElo "1341"] [BlackElo "1657"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [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 } Nh6 2. Bc4 g6 3. Nh3 e6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bf1 d5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. f4 e5 8. d4 O-O 9. c3 exd4 10. b3 dxe3 11. b4 Bg4 12. Qd2 exd2+ 13. Kxd2 Re8 14. Re1 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Ng5 Nf3+ 17. Kc2 Nxe1+ 18. Kb3 Nxg2 19. Be3 Nxe3 20. Nd2 Be6+ 21. Ka3 Qxd2 22. Ne4 Qd4 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Rc1 Be7 25. Rb1 Nd1 26. Rb3 Nb2 27. Rxb2 Red8 28. g4 Bf6 29. f5 Qxb2+ 30. Ka4 Be7 31. fxe6 Qxb4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
            ½1101111paliciucpavel6½
            ½0010000Matvei20161½
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