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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/OB7Rb1Lx"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:37:10"] [WhiteElo "1335"] [BlackElo "1354"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+32"] [BlackRatingDiff "-13"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nd4 Qe7 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. Na4 Bd7 7. Nc5 O-O-O 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. d4 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. b4 Bb6 12. c4 Rhe8 13. c5 Ba5 14. bxa5 a6 15. Rb1 Qe7 16. Qb3 Rd7 17. Qxb7+ Kd8 18. Qb8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0