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[Event "Kramnik Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/40jVEvaa"] [Date "2026.03.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "David_2014"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.21"] [UTCTime "17:43:44"] [WhiteElo "1285"] [BlackElo "1386"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-10"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [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 } e6 2. Bc4 Nh6 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qb5 Ng4 5. f3 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qa4 d5 8. Nb5 cxb5 9. Qxb5+ Bd7 10. Qxb7 Bc6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. Be2 Rb8 13. Qd3 Nh5 14. Nh3 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qxh3 16. Bf1 Qf5 17. b4 Qxf3 18. Bh3 Bb5 19. Qa3 Qxh1+ 20. Kf2 Qxh2+ 21. Kf3 Qxg3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1