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[Event "Ulrich Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7U4Kh0e3"] [Date "2025.05.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Elian"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.17"] [UTCTime "16:43:04"] [WhiteElo "1386"] [BlackElo "1259"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [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. Bc4 Bb4 3. Qf3 Qe7 4. e4 Qd6 5. Qxf7+ Kd8 6. c3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. dxe5 Nxc3 9. Bg5+ Qf6 10. Bxf6+ Be7 11. Bxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0