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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/52CJTafS"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:01:40"] [WhiteElo "1818"] [BlackElo "1506"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 a5 7. Nxb5 Ba6 8. Nbd4 e5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Qe7 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Ba4 Ne4 13. Qf3 Nd6 14. b3 Nb7 15. Ne5 Qxa4 16. bxa4 Bb4 17. Qxb7 Bxb7 18. c3 Bd6 19. Nc4 O-O 20. O-O Bc5 21. d4 Bb6 22. Ne5 Rad8 23. c4 f6 24. Ng4 h5 25. c5 Ba7 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Bb2 Rg6 28. Rac1 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rg4+ 30. f3 Rg6 31. e4 Rf8 32. Rc3 h4 33. d5 h3 34. c6 Ba8 35. Rb3 Bxc6 36. dxc6 Rxc6 37. Rb7 Bb6 38. Rd1 Rxf3 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rd1 Rc2 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Re5 c5 44. Red5 Bc7 45. Rd7+ Ke8 46. Rxc7 Kf8 47. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0