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[Event "Ilyin-Genevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7W6pFmCM"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "CucoviciAndrei"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "17:51:47"] [WhiteElo "1363"] [BlackElo "1693"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. Bxf7+ Nxf7 6. Qf3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 d5 10. Qd3 Ne5 11. b3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Bf5 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bxe4 15. d3 Qxd3 16. Rb1 Qxb1 17. Kd1 Rfd8+ 18. Ke1 Qxc1+ 19. Ke2 Qd2+ 20. Kf1 Qd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1