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[Event "Ruan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VFNGQUVq"] [Date "2025.10.16"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "mateipascu"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.10.16"] [UTCTime "16:21:46"] [WhiteElo "1730"] [BlackElo "1628"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+107"] [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 } e5 2. Qh5 Nf6 3. Qxe5+ Be7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Qg3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Qh3 d5 8. Qh5 dxc4 9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxe4 f5 11. Ng3 Nb4 12. O-O Nxc2 13. Nc3 Nxa1 14. Nd5 Qxd5 15. e4 Qc5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Re1 Nc2 18. Rf1 Bd3 19. Rd1 Qxf2+ 20. Kh1 Bd6 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Nh5 Be2 23. h3 Bxd1 24. Qxc4 Qf1+ 25. Qxf1 Rxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1