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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XKqWHVFA"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:37:28"] [WhiteElo "1806"] [BlackElo "1390"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [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. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Qf6 4. d4 Nb4 5. Bc4 Qg6 6. O-O Nxc2 7. Rb1 Nb4 8. a3 Na2 9. Bxa2 Bd6 10. Nh4 Qg5 11. g3 b6 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Nxg5 f6 14. Nh3 g5 15. Qh5+ Kf8 16. Nxg5 fxg5 17. Qxg5 Be7 18. Qf4+ Kg7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bd2 Nf6 21. Nf5+ Kf7 22. Nh6+ Kg6 23. Rbc1 Bd6 24. Bb1+ Kg7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qxf6+ Ke8 27. Qxh8+ Ke7 28. Qxh7+ Ke6 29. Qf7+ Ke5 30. Bc3+ d4 31. Bxd4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0