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[Event "Canal Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Xur4IhLU"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "CiprianCiopa"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.05"] [UTCTime "16:12:37"] [WhiteElo "1320"] [BlackElo "1437"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [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 } Nf6 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Ng5 Nc6 7. Na3 O-O-O 8. Nb5 a6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Nf3 e5 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Qd3 Rhe8 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. b4 Ncxb4 16. Qc4 Bd6+ 17. Kd2 Re7 18. Ba3 a5 19. Rab1 Rde8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Qb5 Bf4+ 22. Kd3 Re6 23. Qa5 Ra6 24. Qc5 Qd6 25. Qb5 Qb6 26. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0