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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XQ4zixws"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Tihon_Constantin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:12:36"] [WhiteElo "1816"] [BlackElo "1572"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+5"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [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. Qf3 f6 3. Bc4 c6 4. Nc3 b5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Ne4 a4 7. Bxg8 Rxg8 8. Nh3 d5 9. Ng3 e4 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxh7 Rg7 12. Qh8 Bxh3 13. Qxh3 d4 14. exd4 Qxd4 15. O-O Na6 16. Re1 Nb4 17. Rxe4+ Qxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Nf6+ Kf7 20. Nd7 Rd8 21. Nxf8 Kxf8 22. Rb1 Rdd7 23. d3 Rh7 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Re1 Rd8 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Qxd8+ Kf7 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0