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[Event "Ruan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NK7qZEVq"] [Date "2025.10.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.10.16"] [UTCTime "16:57:05"] [WhiteElo "1321"] [BlackElo "1715"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [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. Bc4 d5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Ne5 O-O 7. Ng4 e5 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. h4 e4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. h5 h6 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Nxe4 Qe5 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Nf5 Qxf5 16. Rh3 Nb4 17. Rg3 Nd5 18. Rxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rb1 Rad8 20. Ra1 Nxe3 21. dxe3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Qxf2 23. Bd2 Rd8 24. Rc1 Qf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1