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[Event "Sosonko Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/46NrB0bK"] [Date "2025.10.14"] [Round "-"] [White "EdChiriac"] [Black "cezar_cojocaru"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.14"] [UTCTime "16:29:24"] [WhiteElo "1350"] [BlackElo "1316"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-40"] [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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 f6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nb4 7. Nb5 c6 8. Nxd6+ Bxd6 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. a3 Nxc2+ 11. Qxc2 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd1 a5 14. g4 h5 15. g5 fxg5 16. b4 axb4 17. a4 g4 18. Bc4 gxf3 19. Qxf3 Rf8 20. Qxh5+ Rf7 21. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0