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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/GPStwYa3"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "16:30:20"] [WhiteElo "1383"] [BlackElo "1798"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+3"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 Bd6 4. Ng4 Nxg4 5. h3 Nh6 6. h4 Qf6 7. g4 g5 8. hxg5 Qxg5 9. f3 Bg3+ 10. Ke2 f5 11. gxf5 exf5 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 Qg4+ 14. Ke3 Qf4+ 15. Ke2 Qg4+ 16. Ke3 Qxd1 17. Bg2 Qg4 18. Bh3 Qf4+ 19. Kd3 Qf3+ 20. Kd4 Nc6+ 21. Kd5 Qh5+ 22. Kc4 b5+ 23. Kb3 Nd4+ 24. Kc3 Qc5+ 25. Kd3 d5 26. exd5 Bxh3 27. Rxh3 Be5 28. Rxh6 Qxc2+ 29. Ke3 Qf5 30. Nc3 Qf4+ 31. Kd3 Qf3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1