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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/QRGLH18o"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "16:14:33"] [WhiteElo "1906"] [BlackElo "1643"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-14"] [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 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bd6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d4 e5 6. d5 Nb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd3 Nbxd5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Nd2 e4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. b3 Be5 13. Rb1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15. Nc5 b6 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Nb2 Bxb2 18. Bxb2 Bb5 19. Qd4 f6 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Rxb5 c6 24. Rh5 Re7 25. Kf1 g6 26. Rh6 f5 27. c4 b5 28. cxb5 cxb5 29. Rc1 Red7 30. Rc6 Rd6 31. Rc7 g5 32. Rhxh7 Rd1+ 33. Ke2 R8d2+ 34. Kf3 g4+ 35. Kg3 f4+ 36. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 37. Kg3 Rxb2 38. Rhe7 Kf8 39. Rf7+ Ke8 40. Rh7 Kd8 41. Rxa7 Rd7 42. Rhxd7+ Kc8 43. Rh7 Kb8 44. Rag7 b4 45. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0