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[Event "Verlinsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UAreXuwY"] [Date "2026.05.16"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.16"] [UTCTime "16:00:52"] [WhiteElo "1829"] [BlackElo "1694"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [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 } e6 2. Nf3 Bc5 3. Nc3 Qf6 4. Ne4 Qg6 5. Nxc5 d6 6. Nd3 Nc6 7. Nf4 Qf6 8. Bb5 e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nd3 e4 11. Nf4 exf3 12. Qxf3 Bb7 13. Kf1 Nh6 14. d4 Qf5 15. Ke2 Ba6+ 16. Kd2 Bb7 17. c4 Qa5+ 18. Kd3 Ba6 19. Qxc6+ Ke7 20. Nd5+ Ke6 21. Nxc7+ Kf5 22. Qe4+ Kg5 23. Qf4+ Kh5 24. f3 Qxc7 25. g4+ Kg6 26. d5 Rac8 27. Qe4+ Kf6 28. g5+ Kxg5 29. f4+ Kf6 30. Qd4+ Ke7 31. b3 Nf5 32. Qe4+ Kf6 33. Bb2+ Kg6 34. Rhg1+ Kh5 35. Qxf5+ Kh6 36. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0