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[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/W0Tn2qH2"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "DanielOprea"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "16:38:47"] [WhiteElo "1765"] [BlackElo "1333"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. Qf3 Qe7 4. Qxf5 g6 5. Qf3 e4 6. Qf4 g5 7. Qg4 h5 8. Qe2 b5 9. Bxb5 c6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 Na6 12. c4 Nc5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. Bc6+ Kd8 16. Qc4 Nd7 17. Nc3 Nb6 18. Qd4+ Nd7 19. Nd5 Ba6 20. Nxe7 Bxe7 21. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0