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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/JyJnLnFF"] [Date "2026.06.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "DavidP"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.02"] [UTCTime "16:43:19"] [WhiteElo "1397"] [BlackElo "1093"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Bc4 Qe7 3. Qf3 Qd6 4. Qxf7+ Kd8 5. Qf3 Qxd2+ 6. Bxd2 Bc5 7. Qg3 Nf6 8. Qxg7 Ne8 9. Qxh8 d5 10. Qxh7 Nf6 11. Qh8+ Ke7 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qh7+ Ke6 14. Qh6+ Kf5 15. Qh5+ Ke4 16. Qf3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0