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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BCESzcvP"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:38:02"] [WhiteElo "1688"] [BlackElo "1444"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [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. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Qf6 4. Qf3 d5 5. Bxd5 Nh6 6. Nc3 Qd6 7. d3 Nb4 8. Kd1 Bd7 9. e4 Bg4 10. Qxg4 Nxg4 11. Nh3 c6 12. Bc4 Qf6 13. Rf1 Bc5 14. f3 O-O 15. Kd2 Rad8 16. a3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Be3+ 18. Kc2 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 a6 20. fxg4 Qg5 21. Nxg5 { Black resigns. } 1-0