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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZA3VEUqN"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Fiodor2016"] [Black "Marcus01"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:53:37"] [WhiteElo "1320"] [BlackElo "1529"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [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 Nf6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Qe2 Bg4 6. Qc4 Be6 7. Qb4 Bxb4 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. a3 Bf8 10. b4 Ng4 11. Nh3 Nxf2 12. Nxf2 Qf6 13. Rf1 a5 14. b5 Bc5 15. Ng4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qxg4 17. Bb2 Rf8 18. Bxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Qf3+ 20. Ke1 Qf2+ 21. Kd1 Qf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1