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[Event "Ivkov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PuGETQSr"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "DavidP"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.14"] [UTCTime "16:22:51"] [WhiteElo "1368"] [BlackElo "1061"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [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. Qf3 Qe7 3. Nh3 Nh6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Ne4 Qf6 6. Nxf6+ Ke7 7. Nd5+ exd5 8. Nf4 g5 9. Nxd5+ Kd8 10. Qf6+ Be7 11. Qxh8+ Bf8 12. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0