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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Fxp57N4L"] [Date "2025.05.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Robert2015"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.24"] [UTCTime "16:00:08"] [WhiteElo "1411"] [BlackElo "1354"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [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 } e6 2. h4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. b4 Bb6 7. Ba3 Ng4 8. Ng5 Qf6 9. Qxg4 e5 10. h5 e4 11. Ncxe4 Ne5 12. Qh4 Nxc4 13. Nxf6+ Kd8 14. Qe4 Nd6 15. Qe5 Nb5 16. Ngxh7 d6 17. Nf8 Nxa3 18. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0