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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wSu0EoFX"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "CiprianCiopa"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:27:01"] [WhiteElo "1343"] [BlackElo "1358"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Queen's Knight"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 { C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight } Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 e5 7. Qd2 Qd7 8. O-O-O b6 9. Bb5 a5 10. Rhe1 Ba6 11. Ba4 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 Qxc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4 Bb4 15. Nf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Ng7 Bb5 18. Re3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rhf8 20. Rg3 Qa4 21. Ne6 Qxa2 22. Qxa2 Rde8 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. Rg7 Rg8 25. Rxg8+ Kd7 26. Qxf7+ Kc6 27. Qxh7 Kc5 28. Qxc7+ Kb5 29. Rd2 Ka6 30. Rb2 b5 31. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
                 100Matvei20161
                 011CiprianCiopa2
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