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[Event "Rated Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9fOSQbfz"] [Date "2026.03.24"] [Round "-"] [White "radu123"] [Black "Black12"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.24"] [UTCTime "16:27:57"] [WhiteElo "1450"] [BlackElo "985"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+10"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Bb5 c6 3. Bf1 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Qe5+ Be6 7. Qc3 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qd4 c5 10. Qd1 Nc6 11. Nh3 Bxh3 12. gxh3 O-O 13. Bc4 b6 14. O-O g6 15. f3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Ne4 17. Rf4 h5 18. Rxe4 g5 19. Qxh5 g4 20. Qxg4+ Kh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Rg4+ Qg5 23. Rxg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0