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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/IPccxsoY"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Petrica"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "16:27:58"] [WhiteElo "1551"] [BlackElo "1249"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-17"] [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. Bb5 c6 3. Bd3 b5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. b3 a5 6. Bb2 Ng4 7. O-O Qb6 8. Bd4 Qc7 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. c4 Qd6 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5 Qb4 14. Ba4 Qc5 15. Nc3 Qa3 16. Nb5 Qb4 17. Na3 Qxa3 18. Rc1 Qb2 19. Rxc8+ Ke7 20. Rc7 Qxa2 21. Rxd7+ Ke8 22. Rd6+ Ke7 23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Nd4 e5 25. Nf5 Qxb3 26. Bxb3 Nxd7 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qb3+ Kg6 29. Nh4+ Kh6 30. Qe6 Nc5 31. Qxe5 Nd3 32. Qxf6+ Kh5 33. Qf5+ Kh6 34. f4 Rb8 35. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0