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[Event "Verlinsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UwDVi7g4"] [Date "2025.06.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "MateiR"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.06.19"] [UTCTime "16:42:44"] [WhiteElo "1469"] [BlackElo "1556"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+15"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [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. Nh3 Nc6 3. Na3 d5 4. Bd3 Bxh3 5. gxh3 Qg5 6. Ke2 d4 7. Rg1 Qh6 8. exd4 exd4 9. Be4 Nb4 10. d3 O-O-O 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Bf5+ Kb8 13. Ke1 Re8+ 14. Kf1 Ne7 15. c3 dxc3 16. bxc3 Nxf5 17. Qa4 Nxd3 18. Nb5 Nh4 19. Qxa7+ Kc8 20. Qa8+ Kd7 21. Qa4 Bc5 22. Nd4+ Kd6 23. Nf5+ Ke5 24. Ne3 Rhg8 25. Rxg8 Rxg8 26. Ke2 Nf4+ 27. Kf1 Nxh3 28. Ng2 Rxg2 29. Qe8+ Kd6 30. Qf8+ Kc6 31. Qe8+ Kb6 32. Rb1+ Ka5 33. Qa8+ Ba7 34. Qxa7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0