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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/IFUOTftS"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Cristi_63"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:29:14"] [WhiteElo "1607"] [BlackElo "1730"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-65"] [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 } e5 2. Qh5 d6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Nh3 c6 6. Ng5 Qe7 7. Nxf7 Rg8 8. Ng5 b5 9. Bxg8 Nxg8 10. O-O Qxg5 11. e4 Bg4 12. Qg3 d5 13. d3 dxe4 14. Bxg5 Bd7 15. dxe4 c5 16. Qxe5+ Ne7 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Qxc5 Bg7 19. Nxb5 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0