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[Event "Chigorin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ogCdMaxE"] [Date "2025.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Petru_S"] [Black "mat_eo"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.28"] [UTCTime "17:44:10"] [WhiteElo "1348"] [BlackElo "1467"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-16"] [BlackRatingDiff "+73"] [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. e4 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 Be7 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Qh5 g6 9. Bh6 gxh5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Rg8 12. a4 Rg6 13. Be3 Rxg2 14. a5 b6 15. axb6 cxb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. c4 Bh4 18. Nf3 Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxf3+ 20. Kc1 Bg5+ 21. Kb2 Bf6+ 22. Kb1 Bxa1 23. Kxa1 Rxc2 24. h4 Qxh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1