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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/VhXERbTY"] [Date "2025.12.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei_2017"] [Black "RomanSereda"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.03"] [UTCTime "17:05:24"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1607"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+236"] [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 } e6 2. h4 Qf6 3. d3 Nh6 4. e4 Qg6 5. f3 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2+ Be6 8. Nh3 Qg3+ 9. Kd1 Qg6 10. Nf4 Qf6 11. g3 d4 12. Bh3 Ke7 13. b3 Nf5 14. Ba3+ Nd6 15. Bxd6+ Kxd6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Na3 e5 18. Nc4+ Kd7 19. Nxe5+ Kc8 20. Nd5 Qa6 21. Nf7 Rg8 22. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0