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[Event "Taimanov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xNFMOfZo"] [Date "2026.02.17"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "Fiodor2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.17"] [UTCTime "17:15:16"] [WhiteElo "1416"] [BlackElo "1285"] [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. Nh3 Ne4 4. Nxe4 e5 5. Qf3 d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qxg4 Qd7 8. Qf3 g5 9. Nxg5 f5 10. e4 f4 11. Nd5 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. Nxb4 Ra3 14. Qxa3 Qg4 15. Nf3 d5 16. exd5 e4 17. Nd4 e3 18. dxe3 Rg8 19. exf4 Rg7 20. f5 Re7+ 21. Be2 Qxg2 22. Rf1 Qxh2 23. f6 Rf7 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bxh6 Rxf6 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Nf3 Qh3 28. Ng5 Qh5 29. Bxh5+ Rf7 30. Bxf7+ Kf8 31. Be8 Kxe8 32. Nf7 Kxf7 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34. dxc6 bxc6 35. Qc5 Ke6 36. Qxc6+ Ke7 37. Qxc7+ Ke8 38. Ke2 Kf8 39. Rh1 Ke8 40. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0