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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Vt7dumYk"] [Date "2025.06.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "mark11"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.06.26"] [UTCTime "16:33:06"] [WhiteElo "1525"] [BlackElo "1455"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-58"] [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. Nh3 Nf6 3. Na3 Nc6 4. c3 Ng4 5. Qxg4 f5 6. Qd1 Bxa3 7. bxa3 O-O 8. Bc4 Na5 9. Bf1 d5 10. c4 Nxc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Bb2 Qxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Rd8 14. Qe2 Rd1+ 15. Qxd1 Bd7 16. g4 Ba4 17. Qxa4 Re8 18. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0