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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MiMsJeHs"] [Date "2026.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Fiodor2016"] [Black "David17"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.04"] [UTCTime "16:37:37"] [WhiteElo "1138"] [BlackElo "1246"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-101"] [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. Nf3 f6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. Bb3 Ng6 6. Qf3 N6e7 7. g4 g6 8. g5 fxg5 9. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0