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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6oHwBENl"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "Marcus01"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:28:50"] [WhiteElo "1454"] [BlackElo "1552"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-18"] [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. Bc4 d5 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. Qh5 Nf6 5. Qd1 Bg4 6. f3 Bc8 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4 Nxe4 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Qf3 Bg4 11. Qg3 Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bd6 14. h3 e4 15. Qe3 Bh5 16. g4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxe4+ Qe7 19. Qe2 Bg3+ 20. Kf1 Nh2+ 21. Rxh2 Bxh2 22. Qxh2 O-O-O 23. Qh3+ Qe6 24. Qe3 Rde8 25. Qxa7 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Qe4+ 27. Kf2 Qf4+ 28. Nf3 g5 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Qxb7 g4 31. d3 gxf3 32. Bxf4 Re2+ 33. Kxf3 Rxc2 34. Qd5+ Kc8 35. Qxf7 Rd8 36. Ra8+ Kb7 37. Rxd8 h6 38. Bxc7 Rxc7 39. Qd5+ Kb6 40. Rd6+ Ka7 41. Qa5+ Kb7 42. Qb6+ Kc8 43. Qa6+ Kb8 44. Rb6+ Rb7 45. Qxb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0