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[Event "Karjakin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/IHW7c1IL"] [Date "2026.01.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Fiodor2016"] [Black "TihonConstantin"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.08"] [UTCTime "17:22:29"] [WhiteElo "1253"] [BlackElo "1503"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qf3 f6 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qf3 Nb4 6. Bb3 Bh6 7. Qe4 Qe7 8. a3 Nc6 9. Nc3 f5 10. Qd3 e4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qc3 Nf6 13. a4 Nd5 14. Qxh8+ Bf8 15. Bxd5 Ne5 16. Bxe4 Nf7 17. Qxh7 Qxe4 18. d3 Qxg2 19. Ne2 d6 20. Rf1 Bf5 21. Rg1 Qc6 22. Ra3 Qd5 23. e4 Qe6 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. h4 O-O-O 26. Rc3 Re8 27. Rg2 Qe5 28. Qxg6 Qxe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1