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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/QNDqa2lL"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "16:45:18"] [WhiteElo "1584"] [BlackElo "1517"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [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. Nf3 f5 3. c3 d6 4. Na3 e5 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 g6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. e4 fxe4 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxe4+ Kf8 12. Qd5 Qe8+ 13. Kf1 c6 14. Qf7+ Qxf7 15. Bxf7 Kxf7 16. Nc4 d5 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc8+ Kd7 19. Re1 Rxc8 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nb5 Na6 22. h4 g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rxh7+ Kc6 25. Na3 Bd2 26. Re6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
    ½1011100000001½1Matei20187
    ½0100011111110½0Markits9
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