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[Event "Sokolov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/43516FOm"] [Date "2025.12.04"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "DavidB"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.04"] [UTCTime "17:04:30"] [WhiteElo "1913"] [BlackElo "1227"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "+0"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 a6 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qxe5+ Be7 5. Qxh8 Bh4 6. Qxg8+ Ke7 7. Qxf7+ Kd6 8. Nf3 g5 9. Qd5+ Ke7 10. Qe5+ Kf8 11. Qd5 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Kg7 13. Qf7+ Kh6 14. Nc3 Nc6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Qf5 Qb4 17. Qxg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0