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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5ywe9kfD"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "David17"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "16:35:08"] [WhiteElo "1179"] [BlackElo "1368"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-19"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [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. Nh3 Nc6 3. Nf4 Nb8 4. Nh5 Qe7 5. Qg4 Nh6 6. g3 f5 7. Qh4 Ng8 8. Qxe7+ Nxe7 9. Nf4 e5 10. Nd3 e4 11. Nb4 c5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. d3 Nb4 14. dxe4 Nxc2+ 15. Kd1 Nxa1 16. exf5 g6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. g4 d5 19. f4 Bxg4+ 20. Kd2 Bf5 21. Ke2 Bxb1 22. Bd2 Bxa2 23. Bg2 Bc4+ 24. Ke1 Nc2+ 25. Kf2 Nb4 26. Ke1 Nc2+ 27. Kd1 Nb4 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Kd2 Bb3 30. Kd3 Bc4+ 31. Kd4 Nc6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1