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[Event "Ilyin-Genevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/DQDw1hBn"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "17:34:20"] [WhiteElo "1833"] [BlackElo "1664"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [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 } Nh6 2. Bc4 g6 3. Qf3 Bg7 4. d4 e6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 exd5 7. Bxd5 O-O 8. Ne4 d6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne2 d5 11. Nc5 Qe7 12. Nd3 c5 13. O-O c4 14. Ndf4 Bg4 15. Qxd5 Rad8 16. Qxc4 c6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Be6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd3 Rfe8 21. Bxh6 Qd5 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qd7 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0