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[Event "Academie22 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xVaHLA5B"] [Date "2026.01.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Damian2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.14"] [UTCTime "16:14:31"] [WhiteElo "1508"] [BlackElo "1319"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } e6 2. d4 e5 3. Nd5 exd4 4. Qxd4 Bb4+ 5. Qxb4 c5 6. Qxc5 d6 7. Qb5+ Kf8 8. Bf4 a6 9. Bxd6+ Qxd6 10. Qc4 b5 11. Qxc8+ Qd8 12. Qxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0