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[Event "Verlinsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ExBHg6oh"] [Date "2025.06.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Ioan05"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.06.19"] [UTCTime "16:25:20"] [WhiteElo "1480"] [BlackElo "1364"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-39"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Nh3 Qh4 3. g3 Qxh3 4. Bxh3 Bc5 5. g4 d6 6. d4 Bf5 7. gxf5 Na6 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. f6 gxf6 10. Qg4 Nh6 11. Qg7 Ke7 12. e4 Rhg8 13. Qxh6 Nxe4 14. Nc3 Ng5 15. Nd5+ Kd8 16. Qxf6+ Ke8 17. Qe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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