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[Event "Polugaevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kTgOu4ab"] [Date "2026.02.07"] [Round "-"] [White "paliciucpavel"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.07"] [UTCTime "17:22:27"] [WhiteElo "1665"] [BlackElo "1381"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Bg5 Nb4 8. e5 Nxd3 9. Qxd3 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nh5 11. Nb5 c6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 b5 15. Rfe1 Qb4 16. Nxf7+ Ke8 17. Nxh8 Qc4 18. Qxh7 Nf6 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Qxg7+ Kd6 21. Rxe6+ Kxc7 22. Rxf6 Qxc2 23. g3 Qxb2 24. Rf1 Qxa2 25. Kg2 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Qxd4 27. Nf7 Qd3 28. Ne5 Qd5 29. Rxc6+ Kb7 30. Nxd7 Qxc6 31. Nc5+ Kb6 32. Nd7+ Ka5 33. h4 Qd5 34. Qg6 Qxd7 35. h5 b4 36. h6 Qe8 37. Qxe8 b3 38. Rb1 Kb4 39. h7 Ka3 40. h8=Q b2 41. Qxb2# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
           ½00100000Matvei20161½
           ½11011111paliciucpavel7½
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