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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9KoK5Gzs"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "CiprianCiopa"] [Black "Cecanandrei1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:35:15"] [WhiteElo "1345"] [BlackElo "1133"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [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. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nh6 4. Bc4 Na5 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. d4 O-O 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. Nxe5 d6 9. Nf3 Nf5 10. e4 Nd4 11. Bg5 Ne6 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 13. Qd5 Nf8 14. O-O-O Re8 15. Rhe1 Nc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rb8 18. Qxe8 Be6 19. e5 Rxe8 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Ng5 Bc8 22. Nge4 Bf5 23. b3 Bxe4 24. Nxe4 d5 25. Rxd5 a6 26. Rd4 Ra8 27. Nd6 Nd7 28. Red1 Rd8 29. Nb7 Rb8 30. Na5 Rb7 31. Nxb7 Nb8 32. Rd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0