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A00 Van't Kruijs Opening
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Time out, Black is victorious
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[Event "Nicolas9 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HTQruiFi"] [Date "2021.03.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Nicolas9"] [Black "stefanos12"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2021.03.10"] [UTCTime "14:42:53"] [WhiteElo "1266"] [BlackElo "1120"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+18"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "15+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Qh5 Qg5 3. Qxg5 Nf6 4. h4 Bb4 5. Qxe5+ Kf8 6. Qg5 Ne4 7. Qf4 Nxd2 8. Qf3 Nxf3+ { Black wins on time. } 0-1