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[Event "Capablanca Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2q4GND5v"] [Date "2025.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "mark10"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.06.12"] [UTCTime "16:25:01"] [WhiteElo "1529"] [BlackElo "1183"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. h4 h6 3. g4 f5 4. g5 hxg5 5. Nf3 gxh4 6. Ng5 Rh5 7. Rxh4 Rxh4 8. Bh3 Rxh3 9. Nxh3 Be7 10. f4 g5 11. fxg5 d6 12. e4 fxe4 13. d3 exd3 14. cxd3 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Bd7 16. Qh5+ Ke7 17. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0