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[Event "Steinitz Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZF8DfsqI"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "Alex_Alex"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "17:44:33"] [WhiteElo "1514"] [BlackElo "2005"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-1"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [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 Nc6 4. e4 d4 5. Qf3 Nf6 6. d3 Na5 7. Ba4+ Bd7 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. cxb3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Be6 13. Rc1 c6 14. Nc4 b5 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Rxc6 Qxa5+ 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nh3 Rc8 19. Rb6 Qxb6 20. Ng5 Bg4 21. Qg3 h5 22. Qxe5+ Kf8 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 { White resigns. } 0-1