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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BJ4nj8rb"] [Date "2026.10.20"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Matei_2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.10.20"] [UTCTime "16:14:38"] [WhiteElo "1871"] [BlackElo "1544"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-22"] [BlackRatingDiff "+120"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qh5 Nh6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qh3 d5 6. Bb3 Bxh3 7. gxh3 e4 8. Nd4 Nxd4 9. exd4 Qe7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. Ne2 Qd7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qxh3 14. Nf4 Qg4 15. Nd5 Qg2 16. Rf1 Nf5 17. a4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. a5 e3 20. dxe3 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Bb4+ 22. Bd2 Qxd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1