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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FFclp8l7"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:20:29"] [WhiteElo "1383"] [BlackElo "1593"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [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 } Nh6 2. Bc4 g6 3. Qf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nh3 e6 6. Ng5 Qxg5 7. h4 Qd8 8. d4 O-O 9. Ne4 d5 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. c3 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Re8 13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Qg3 Ne7 15. e4 Nc6 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Qxg4 Bg7 18. h5 gxh5 19. Qxh5 h6 20. d5 Rxe4+ 21. Kd2 Ne7 22. g4 Qxd5+ 23. Kc2 Re2+ 24. Kc1 Qd2+ 25. Kb1 Qc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1