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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/O8OdP31y"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "16:08:51"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1546"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [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 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 Qf6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. e4 Bd6 7. exd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 Qe6+ 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qxd6 Nc6 14. Bd4 Qf7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Ke7 17. Bc5+ Kd7 18. Qd6+ Kc8 19. O-O-O Rd8 20. Qxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0