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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KnqjZyhK"] [Date "2026.06.11"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.11"] [UTCTime "16:04:19"] [WhiteElo "1811"] [BlackElo "1356"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [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 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nb4 4. Bc4 d5 5. Bb3 e5 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Ba4+ c6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. a3 Na6 12. b4 Nc7 13. b5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5 cxb5 15. Rb1 a6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Bd6 18. d4 Qc7 19. Bd2 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6 21. d5 Kd7 22. dxe6+ fxe6 23. Qg4 Bc5 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. Nxc5+ Qxc5 26. Bb4 Qxc2 27. Rbd1+ Kc6 28. Qxe6+ Kc7 29. Rd7+ Kb8 30. Bd6+ Ka7 31. Rc7 Qa4 32. Bc5+ Kb8 33. Qb6 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Re8 35. Qxb7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0