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[Event "Napier Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UpgUcMSw"] [Date "2025.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Alexandru941"] [Black "Dragos1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:47:44"] [WhiteElo "1729"] [BlackElo "1529"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+33"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [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 } e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Qf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nxe4 Bd6 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. Nf5 Nh6 8. Ng7+ Kf8 9. Nh5 Ng4 10. Qxg4 f5 11. Qxf5 Be7 12. Bc4 d6 13. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0