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[Event "McShane Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/70RGN4s0"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "LaiuDamian"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "17:12:35"] [WhiteElo "1379"] [BlackElo "1677"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-4"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [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 } d5 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 Nd7 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 f5 6. Ng5 Nh6 7. N5f3 e5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qe7 10. Nf3 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. h3 Nxf3+ 13. Kd1 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 f4 15. Be2 b6 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. g3 fxg3 19. fxg3 Ba6 20. Re1 Bh6+ 21. Kd1 Rd8+ 22. Bd2 Rxd2+ 23. Kc1 Be2 24. Bxc6+ Kf7 25. Bd5+ Ke8 26. Bc6+ Kd8 27. Bf3 Qc5 28. Bxe2 Qxc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1