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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BfVjbypC"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Kittykatbot"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:59:42"] [WhiteElo "1697"] [BlackElo "1877"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+15"] [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 } g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. Qf3 e6 4. Qxf7+ Kxf7 5. Bxe6+ Kxe6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nd4+ Kf7 8. Nf3 Re8 9. Ng5+ Kg8 10. Nc3 d5 11. h4 d4 12. h5 dxc3 13. dxc3 Nxh5 14. e4 Bf5 15. Bf4 Bxe4 16. f3 Bxf3+ 17. Kf1 Nxf4 18. Kf2 Qxg5 19. gxf3 Re2+ 20. Kf1 Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1