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[Event "Sokolov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CSWR5hfi"] [Date "2025.12.04"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.04"] [UTCTime "17:16:15"] [WhiteElo "1897"] [BlackElo "1460"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [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. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ne5 d6 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 Ng4 7. Nc3 Qf6 8. Nxe4 Qf5 9. Bf7+ Kd7 10. d3 d5 11. Bxd5 c6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qe2 Kd8 14. Bd2 Be6 15. Ba5+ Kc8 16. h3 Bd5 17. hxg4 Qg6 18. Ng3 Qe8 { Black resigns. } 1-0