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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XFNnTrKo"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:00:04"] [WhiteElo "1395"] [BlackElo "1384"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [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. b3 Qf6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. Nh3 Bc5 6. Nb5 Kd8 7. Qh5 g6 8. Qh6 Nxh6 9. Bxf6+ Be7 10. Bxh8 c6 11. Nc3 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nf5 14. Be5 Na6 15. Bxa6 Bxa6 16. Rxa6 Nh6 17. Bf4 Ng8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5+ Kc7 20. Bf4+ Kc8 21. Na4 Kb7 22. Ra5 Kc8 23. Nb6+ Kb7 24. Nxa8 Kxa8 25. c4 Nf6 26. Be5 Ne4 27. Ke2 Ng5 28. Rha1 Ne4 29. Rxa7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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