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A00 Van't Kruijs Opening
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King in the center, White is victorious
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[Event "Casual King of the Hill game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/7oaSdE3I"] [Date "2024.11.08"] [Round "-"] [White "VictorManic"] [Black "M35"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2024.11.08"] [UTCTime "15:22:55"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1543"] [Variant "King of the Hill"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } d6 2. Ke2 f5 3. Kd3 Nc6 4. Kc4 Nf6 5. Kc3 e5 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qf3 e4 8. Qd1 b5 9. Bxb5 d5 10. Bxc6+ Ke7 11. Kb4 Qd6+ 12. Kb5 Ng4 13. Ka4 Qxc6+ 14. Kb3 h6 15. Qe2 a6 16. Qd3 h5 17. Qd4 Qb5+ 18. Kc3 c5 19. b4 cxb4+ 20. Qxb4+ Qxb4+ 21. Kxb4 Rb8+ 22. Kc3 Be6 23. Kd4# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0