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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4nn1mbFe"] [Date "2025.12.18"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.18"] [UTCTime "17:44:41"] [WhiteElo "1736"] [BlackElo "1721"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [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 Nc6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 b6 7. Nxd5 Bc5 8. Qd3 Nf6 9. e4 Nxd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Bf4 Qf6 12. O-O-O Qxf4+ 13. Kb1 Qf6 14. Be2 Qxf2 15. Rhf1 Qxg2 16. Bf3 Qxh2 17. Rh1 Qe5 18. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0