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[Event "Paulsen Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VaRknpIG"] [Date "2025.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "CaragiaRazvan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.22"] [UTCTime "17:44:29"] [WhiteElo "1567"] [BlackElo "1203"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [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 } d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Bxc4 e5 4. Qf3 Nh6 5. g4 Bxg4 6. Qg2 Nc6 7. f3 a5 8. fxg4 Qh4+ 9. Kd1 Nxg4 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Nxh4 O-O 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. Be4 Nh6 14. Rg1 Rfd8 15. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0