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[Event "Grob Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xTHqOYn6"] [Date "2026.01.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Cristi_63"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.22"] [UTCTime "17:45:32"] [WhiteElo "1353"] [BlackElo "1289"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Nh3 Bc5 5. Ng5 O-O 6. Nxf7 Qe7 7. Ng5+ Kh8 8. Qh3 h6 9. Nh7 Rg8 10. Bd3 Nxh7 11. g4 Nf6 12. g5 Nd5 13. g6 Rf8 14. Rg1 Kg8 15. Rg4 Qf6 16. Rh4 Ncb4 17. Rxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 Nxe3+ 20. dxe3 Nxd3 21. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0