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[Event "Sargissian Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YBqSB8c9"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.31"] [UTCTime "16:21:23"] [WhiteElo "1478"] [BlackElo "1483"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [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. Bc4 f6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bd3 e4 5. Be2 exf3 6. Bxf3 c6 7. O-O Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Bxe4 Ne5 10. Bf3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Re1+ Kf7 13. d4 g6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Re4 Bd6 16. f4 g5 17. Ne2 gxf4 18. Nxf4 Bf5 19. Qh5+ Bg6 20. Nxg6 Ne7 21. Nxh8+ Kg7 22. Rg4+ Kxh8 23. Rh4 Kg8 24. Rg4+ Kf8 25. Qxh7 Nf5 26. Rg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0