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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VeHM4GjU"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "17:01:05"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1791"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [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. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Qf6 4. Nd5 Qd6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. O-O e4 9. Nd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Qxd4 11. Qh5 g6 12. Qxb5 Bd6 13. d3 exd3 14. Re1+ Kf8 15. cxd3 Bc5 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Bxc5+ Qxc5 18. Qxc5+ d6 19. Qxc7 Ba6 20. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0