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[Event "Paulsen Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Q22o1ZOd"] [Date "2025.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.22"] [UTCTime "17:01:19"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1416"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-17"] [BlackRatingDiff "+16"] [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. Qh5 Nc6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. a3 Ne7 6. b4 Bb6 7. Bb2 d5 8. Bb3 d4 9. exd4 exd4 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qxb7 Nf5 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qc6+ Bd7 15. Qf3 Bxa1 16. h3 O-O 17. g4 g6 18. g5 Nh5 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. Bb7 Rb8 21. Bc6 Re8+ 22. Kd1 Qe7 23. Bxd7 Qe1+ 24. Kc2 Red8 25. Bg4 a5 26. bxa5 Qxb1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1