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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Bc1Ycn6b"] [Date "2025.04.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "David19"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.24"] [UTCTime "16:09:36"] [WhiteElo "1427"] [BlackElo "1465"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [BlackRatingDiff "-15"] [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 } Nf6 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qe2 e5 4. Bb3 Ne4 5. Qc4 Qe7 6. Nh3 Nd4 7. Ba4 b5 8. Qxb5 Qc5 9. Qf1 Qb5 10. Bxb5 Nxb5 11. Qxb5 c6 12. Qxe5+ Be7 13. Ng5 Kf8 14. Qf4 Nxg5 15. Qd4 Ne6 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Qc4 Ba6 18. Qc3 Ne4 19. Qb3 Bb5 20. f3 Nd6 21. f4 Bh4+ 22. g3 Bd8 23. f5 Nxf5 24. Rf1 Nh6 25. g4 Nxg4 26. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0