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[Event "Napier Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3RAL7HwV"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:55:22"] [WhiteElo "1415"] [BlackElo "1359"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Ne4 Qc6 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. Nxc5 Qxf3 7. Nxf3 O-O 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Bxf7+ Kh8 10. Ne6 dxe5 11. Nxf8 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxd7 Kg8 15. Be6+ Kf8 16. Bd5 c6 17. Bb3 b5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 c5 20. Bd5 c4 21. Bxa8 c3 22. dxc3 a5 23. Rxa5 { Black resigns. } 1-0