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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6WajjwYC"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Yakub19"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "16:43:52"] [WhiteElo "1894"] [BlackElo "1864"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-38"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nh3 d5 4. Qh5 Nf6 5. Qh4 Be6 6. Bb5 Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qa4 Qd6 9. d4 Bxh3 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. gxh3 O-O 12. Bd2 Ne4 13. O-O-O Nxf2 14. Rhg1 Nxd1 15. Qg4 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qxe3+ 17. Kb1 Qh6 18. Bxg7 Qg6 19. Bd4 Qxg4 20. Rxg4+ Bg5 21. Rxg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0