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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/u2vQYB3J"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:07:32"] [WhiteElo "1424"] [BlackElo "1528"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [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. Nc3 Nf6 3. Qf3 Nc6 4. b3 Ne5 5. Qf4 Ng6 6. Qf3 Nh4 7. Qf4 Ng6 8. Qf3 Nh4 9. Qf4 Ng6 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Nh3 O-O 12. Bd3 Ne5 13. Qg3 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Nd5 16. Ba3 c6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rf1 c5 20. Rf5 d6 21. Rxd5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 b6 23. Rh5 Qf6 24. Rxh7 Qf3 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Rxa8 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxa8 28. Rf1 Qg2+ 29. Rf2 Qd5 30. e4 Qh5+ 31. g4 Qxh3 32. Rf3 Qxh2+ 33. Rf2 Qe5 34. Rf5 Qh2+ 35. Rf2 Qh6 36. Rg2 f6 37. a3 g6 38. b4 cxb4 39. axb4 f5 40. gxf5 g5 41. d4 Kf6 42. Ke3 Qh3+ 43. Kf2 a5 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. e5+ dxe5 46. dxe5+ Kxe5 47. f6 Kxf6 48. Rg3 Qf5+ 49. Rf3 Qxf3+ 50. Kxf3 Kf5 51. d4 g4+ 52. Ke3 g3 53. Kd3 g2 54. d5 g1=Q 55. d6 Qa7 56. d7 Qxd7+ { White resigns. } 0-1