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[Event "Starr Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Dy7LMyT6"] [Date "2026.05.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Ioan2012"] [Black "Lucaous28"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.23"] [UTCTime "16:44:11"] [WhiteElo "1819"] [BlackElo "1439"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+13"] [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 } e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nd4 Nxd4 5. exd4 Bb4 6. Qf3 d5 7. Bb3 Ne4 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qd7 10. Qxe4 Qa4 11. d5 Qa5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxe6+ Kf8 15. O-O Bc5 16. Re1 Re8 17. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0