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[Event "Sokolov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/tkrpG2Ba"] [Date "2025.12.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.04"] [UTCTime "17:33:51"] [WhiteElo "1169"] [BlackElo "1415"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C21"] [Opening "Center Game Accepted"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e5 2. e4 exd4 { C21 Center Game Accepted } 3. Qg4 d5 4. Nd2 Bxg4 5. Nb3 d3 6. Bd2 dxc2 7. Be2 f5 8. Nh3 fxe4 9. Bxg4 Bc5 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Nxc5 Qh4 12. Bxg6+ Kf8 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nxb7 e3 15. Bxe3 Nf6 16. Bg5 Qe4+ 17. Kf1 Qxb7 18. Bxf6 Rg8 19. Ng5 Qc6 20. Nxh7+ Kf7 21. Ng5+ Kxf6 22. Ne4+ Qxe4 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Rxc2 Qe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1