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[Event "Vidmar Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/CtQDlbRX"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "AlexandrG"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "16:36:16"] [WhiteElo "1438"] [BlackElo "1649"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Ne5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 bxc6 5. Nc3 d4 6. exd4 Qxd4 7. Ne2 Qd8 8. d4 e5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Bc5 11. Nc3 Bd4 12. Ne2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Ne4 15. Nxc6 Nxf2+ 16. Ke1 Nxh1 17. Ne5 O-O 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nc6 Re8+ 20. Kf1 Bb7 21. Ne5 Rxe5 22. Bf4 Rf5 23. Ke2 Rxf4 24. Ke3 Rxc4 25. Kd3 Ba6 26. Ke3 Rxc2 { Black wins on time. } 0-1