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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Y9EtPAY8"] [Date "2026.09.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "Catalin17"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.16"] [UTCTime "16:26:21"] [WhiteElo "1346"] [BlackElo "1214"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+8"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "360+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } Nc6 2. Bc4 Ne5 3. Qh5 Nxc4 4. Nf3 Nd6 5. Ng5 Ne4 6. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0