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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ekg2B2US"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "16:36:59"] [WhiteElo "1381"] [BlackElo "1483"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [BlackRatingDiff "+9"] [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. Bc4 d5 3. Bxd5 exd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Na3 Bc5 6. Nb5 a6 7. Nd4 Nxd4 8. exd4 Bd6 9. Nf3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Qh4 12. g3 Qe4+ 13. Kf1 Qxh1+ 14. Ke2 Qe4+ 15. Kf1 h5 16. d3 Qh1+ 17. Ke2 Qxh2 18. Nf3 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1