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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/G67axlOX"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Dennis"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:16:34"] [WhiteElo "1821"] [BlackElo "1086"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [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 } d5 2. Nf3 Qd7 3. Ne5 Qe6 4. d4 f6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 b6 7. cxb6 axb6 8. Bb5+ Kf7 9. O-O Ra5 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Nxd5 Ra5 13. Nd4 Qc6 14. Nxc6 Rxd5 15. Qxd5+ e6 16. Qd8 Nxc6 17. Qc7+ Kg6 18. Qxc6 Ne7 19. Qxe6 Nc6 20. Qxc6 Bc5 21. f4 Re8 22. f5+ Kf7 23. Qd7+ Re7 24. Qd5+ Kf8 25. Kh1 Re5 26. Qa8+ Kf7 27. e4 Rxe4 28. Qxe4 b5 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Qd7 Kg8 31. Qe8+ Bf8 32. Be3 g5 33. Bc5 Kg7 34. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0