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[Event "Napier Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HATGfT8g"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Alexandru941"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:52:15"] [WhiteElo "1764"] [BlackElo "1649"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-73"] [BlackRatingDiff "+30"] [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. Qf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nb4 4. Qd1 b6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. a3 Nc6 7. b4 b5 8. g4 Nxg4 9. Ng5 Qf6 10. Qxg4 Ne5 11. Qg1 h6 12. Nge4 Qf5 13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 g5 15. Ng3 Qxd3 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Nh5 Ba6 18. Nf6+ Kd8 19. d3 Qxd3 20. Qf1 Qc3+ 21. Bd2 Qxa1+ 22. Bc1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qxc1+ 24. Ke2 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 c5 26. bxc5 Rb8 27. c6 Rb1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1