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[Event "Ponziani Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Z3LPXBAy"] [Date "2026.01.10"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.10"] [UTCTime "17:48:26"] [WhiteElo "1780"] [BlackElo "1426"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [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 Bc5 3. Nc3 Qf6 4. Ne4 Qf5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Bxf5 exf5 8. O-O Nh6 9. d4 Ng4 10. g3 f4 11. exf4 O-O 12. Qd3 g6 13. Ng5 Bf5 14. Qe2 Be4 15. Nxe4 Bxf4 16. Qxg4 Bd6 17. Nf6+ Kg7 18. Qg5 Nc6 19. Qh6+ Kxf6 20. Qxh7 Nxd4 21. Qh4+ Kg7 22. Qxd4+ Kg8 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0