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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UuNkEw3f"] [Date "2026.05.27"] [Round "-"] [White "andrian"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.27"] [UTCTime "16:35:42"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1265"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+5"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Qe2 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 e5 5. e4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nxe5 Bd6 9. Nc6+ Be7 10. Nxd8 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bd2 O-O 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ne6 b6 16. Nxc7 Bc5 17. Qxe8+ Nxe8 18. Nxa8 Nd6 19. Bf4 Nb7 20. Bxb8 Bd4 21. a3 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Bd4 23. h3 Be5 24. Re2 Bxb8 25. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0