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[Event "Ivanchuk Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Xf59JPI3"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "16:14:25"] [WhiteElo "1770"] [BlackElo "1641"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [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 } e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Bd7 7. Bb5 Qe7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 O-O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 Rd7 12. Qa6+ Kd8 13. Qxc6 Rd6 14. Qa8+ Kd7 15. Bb4 Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. O-O-O Nf6 19. Rd3 Ne4 20. Rb3 Nxf2 21. Rf1 Kd7 22. Rxf2 Rc8 23. Rxf7+ Ke8 24. Rxa7 g5 25. Rxh7 Kd8 26. Rbb7 Ke8 27. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0