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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/W94wvWJ8"] [Date "2026.03.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Dennis"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.26"] [UTCTime "17:21:32"] [WhiteElo "1326"] [BlackElo "1121"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-24"] [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 Qe7 3. h4 Nc6 4. Ng5 d6 5. Bc4 Bh3 6. Rxh3 f6 7. Nf3 e4 8. Ng1 Nh6 9. Be2 Nb4 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Be2 Qe6 12. Bb5+ Kd8 13. Ne2 d5 14. Nd4 Qe7 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Qf4 g5 17. hxg5 Rg8 18. gxh6 Rxg2 19. Qxf6+ Ke8 20. Rh5 Rg1+ 21. Ke2 Rxc1 22. Re5+ Be7 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qxa8 Qg4+ 25. Nf3 Nxc2 26. Qe8+ Kf6 27. Qxe7+ Kg6 28. Be8+ Kxh6 29. Qf8+ Qg7 30. Rh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0