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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/OJeZDFIu"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Dacian20244"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "16:26:15"] [WhiteElo "1693"] [BlackElo "1589"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. d4 Qf6 3. c3 Nh6 4. f4 Bd6 5. g4 Ng8 6. g5 Qg6 7. Bd3 Qh5 8. Qxh5 g6 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. c4 Nge7 11. c5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Nb4 13. Qe2 O-O 14. b3 Nf5 15. Bb2 b6 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qd2 a5 18. Kd1 Bb7 19. Qd4 Bxh1 20. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0