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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/yRTheJ33"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Alex_Alex"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:35:43"] [WhiteElo "1541"] [BlackElo "2000"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } d5 2. e3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Bd2 c5 5. Nb5 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 c4 7. Nf3 a6 8. Nc3 b5 9. Ne5 b4 10. Nd1 Qe7 11. b3 c3 12. Qd3 f6 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. Qd2 cxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nh6 16. Nb2 O-O 17. h3 Bb5 18. Bxb5 axb5 19. c4 dxc4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qc7 22. Rac1 Rc8 23. Kd3 Na6 24. Rhd1 Qb7 25. Nd6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Qb6 27. Rc8+ Rxc8 28. Nxc8 Qb5+ 29. Ke4 Qc6+ 30. d5 Qxc8 31. dxe6 Qxe6+ 32. Kd3 Nc5+ 33. Ke2 Qxa2+ 34. Nd2 Qc2 35. f4 b3 36. Ke1 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 b2 38. g4 Qc2 39. Ke1 b1=Q+ 40. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. Kf3 Nd2+ 43. Kg3 g5 44. fxg5 fxg5 45. h4 Qg1+ 46. Kh3 gxh4 47. Kxh4 Qxg4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1