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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TlVb9nv5"] [Date "2026.04.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2018"] [Black "EthanMarian1222"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.09"] [UTCTime "15:11:37"] [WhiteElo "1501"] [BlackElo "1209"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-7"] [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. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. Bxc6 Bxc3 5. bxc3 dxc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d4 a6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ba3 Re8 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Qd3 Nc5 12. Bxc5 Qg5 13. Nf3 Qxg2+ 14. Kxg2 e5 15. dxe5 Bh3+ 16. Kxh3 Red8 17. Qf5 h5 18. Qxh5 Rd7 19. Ng5 f5 20. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0