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[Event "Paulsen Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/YqHsKOic"] [Date "2025.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.22"] [UTCTime "17:23:59"] [WhiteElo "1562"] [BlackElo "1730"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+17"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [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 d5 3. Bb3 Bc5 4. Qf3 Qh4 5. Bxd5 f5 6. g3 Qb4 7. c3 Qb5 8. d4 Bb6 9. e4 Nc6 10. exf5 Nf6 11. Na3 Qa6 12. c4 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd4 14. Qxe5+ Kd8 15. Bg5+ Kd7 16. Qd5+ Ke8 17. Qd8+ Kf7 18. Qe7+ Kg8 19. f6 gxf6 20. Bh6 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Bc5 22. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0