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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/AsCChr0C"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Lucaous28"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:34:11"] [WhiteElo "1684"] [BlackElo "1388"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [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 Nf6 3. Qxe5+ Be7 4. Qg3 O-O 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Qh4 Nd5 7. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0