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[Event "Michell Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ic9LGPp5"] [Date "2025.03.11"] [Round "-"] [White "cosma1"] [Black "ioan2014"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.03.11"] [UTCTime "17:53:48"] [WhiteElo "1252"] [BlackElo "1594"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [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. Qf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 f6 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qh3 d6 6. Nc3 Bxh3 7. gxh3 f5 8. Nd5 e4 9. d4 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bc3 Qg5 13. dxc5 Rf8 14. O-O-O dxc5 15. Bg7 Qe7 16. Bh6 Nb4 17. Rd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Bxb7 Rf6 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Bh6 Qxa2 22. Bc6+ Ke7 23. Bg5 Qa1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1