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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/JR4nOnIg"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Fiodor2016"] [Black "CucoviciAndrei"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:11:41"] [WhiteElo "1300"] [BlackElo "1705"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 Qe7 4. Qf3 d6 5. Ng4 Nfd7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be2 Nd4 8. Qe3 Nxe2 9. Qxe2 b6 10. Qc4 Nf6 11. Qc6+ Qd7 12. Qxa8 Nxg4 13. Qxa7 Be7 14. h3 Nf6 15. d3 O-O 16. Rf1 e5 17. Rh1 d5 18. h4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nxe4 20. Qa6 Bxa6 21. Bg5 Qb5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1