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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TTiz5t1b"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Grosu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "16:27:06"] [WhiteElo "1377"] [BlackElo "1243"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-25"] [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. Qf3 Qf6 3. Qg4 Nh6 4. Qg3 Bd6 5. Qh3 Nf5 6. Qf3 b6 7. Qxa8 Qe5 8. Qxb8 Qf6 9. Qxc8+ Ke7 10. Qxh8 b5 11. Qxh7 c6 12. Qh3 Nh6 13. Qg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Nf5 15. e4 Nd6 16. d3 Nf5 17. exf5 exf5 18. Nf3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Ke8 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Rh8+ Kf7 22. Rh3 c5 23. Bg5 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Bxc4+ Ke8 26. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0