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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/T7Riik9R"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "17:07:16"] [WhiteElo "1620"] [BlackElo "1593"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [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 } Nh6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Ne4 e6 4. Ng3 Bg7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Ne4 d5 7. Ng3 Nc6 8. Bb5 e5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. e4 Bg4 11. f3 Bc8 12. N1e2 Re8 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 c6 15. Na4 Ba6 16. Nc5 Qc8 17. b3 Bf8 18. Na4 Rb8 19. Ne2 e4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Ng3 e3 22. dxe3 Rd8 23. Qf3 Bb4+ 24. c3 Bxc3+ 25. Nxc3 c5 26. e4 Bb7 27. Bxh6 Re8 28. Nge2 Qc7 29. Bf4 Qa5 30. Bxb8 Rxb8 31. O-O Ba6 32. Nd5 Qa3 33. Ne7+ Kg7 34. Qf6+ Kf8 35. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0