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[Event "Ilyin-Genevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/95L9hl0z"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "17:17:55"] [WhiteElo "1806"] [BlackElo "1423"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [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 } Nc6 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d4 d5 6. Bb5 Bb4 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e5 10. Nxe5 O-O 11. Nxc6 Qe8 12. Ne5 Ba6 13. Qf3 Rd8 14. O-O-O Bb5 15. Bb4 h6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. g4 Qe8 18. Rhg1 Kf8 19. g5 hxg5 20. Rxg5 Nd7 21. Nxd7+ Bxd7 22. Rxd5 c6 23. Rh5 Kg8 24. Rg1 g6 25. Rh6 Be6 26. Qg3 Bf5 27. Qe5 Qf8 28. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0