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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/96jY3ene"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Ecaterina17"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:46:51"] [WhiteElo "1330"] [BlackElo "1338"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+0"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Bc4 Qh4 3. g3 Qxc4 4. d3 Qd5 5. e4 Qd4 6. c3 Qc5 7. b4 Qxc3+ 8. Nxc3 Bxb4 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Nh3 Ng4 11. Ng5 d6 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Nb5 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Nxf2 15. Rf1 Nxe4+ 16. dxe4 Nc6 17. Nxc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Ng5 Rh8 20. Rxf7+ Bxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. h3 Nb4 23. Rb1 Nxa2 24. Rxb7+ Kf8 25. Ba3 g6 26. Bxd6+ Kg8 27. Bxe5 a5 28. Bxh8 Kxh8 29. Rg7 Kxg7 30. e5 a4 31. e6 Kf8 32. e7+ Kxe7 33. h4 a3 34. Kc2 Nb4+ 35. Kb3 a2 36. Kb2 h6 37. g4 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Ka1 Kf6 40. Kb2 Ke5 41. Ka1 Kf4 42. Kb2 Kxg4 43. Ka1 Kg3 44. Kb2 g4 45. Ka1 Kg2 46. Kb2 g3 47. Ka1 Kh1 48. Kb2 g2 49. Ka1 g1=Q+ 50. Kb2 a1=Q+ 51. Kb3 Qg3+ 52. Kxb4 { wins on time. } 1/2-1/2