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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/E8A8ca0x"] [Date "2026.10.20"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "LaurentiuCSI"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.20"] [UTCTime "16:17:57"] [WhiteElo "1849"] [BlackElo "1626"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [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 } e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Ng1 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Bd3 Nxe5 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qxe5 Bd6 13. Qxd5 Be6 14. Qf3 Re8 15. O-O Qd7 16. Bh6 Bg4 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qd5 c6 19. Qc4 Be6 20. Qd4 Rbd8 21. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0