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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BXD9dfic"] [Date "2026.01.29"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.29"] [UTCTime "18:06:29"] [WhiteElo "1571"] [BlackElo "1870"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "300+8"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Qf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Ne5 4. Qe4 Nf6 5. Qxe5 Bd6 6. Qb5 c6 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Na4 b5 9. Nc3 b4 10. Na4 Nd5 11. e4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 Qxb6 13. c3 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Bd3 Qxf2+ 16. Kd1 Rd5 17. Qc2 Re5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. cxb4 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1