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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HoJ0qhY9"] [Date "2026.06.23"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Leon_L"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.23"] [UTCTime "16:04:20"] [WhiteElo "1765"] [BlackElo "1441"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [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. Nh3 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Bc4 d5 5. Bb3 c6 6. Qf3 Bb4 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. O-O Nf6 10. d3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d4 f5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Nh5 Be7 16. Qg3+ Bg5 17. f4 f6 18. fxg5 fxg5 19. Rae1 Kf7 20. d5 cxd5 21. Qe5 Re8 22. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0