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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZbDlRovR"] [Date "2025.12.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "ArianaL"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.03"] [UTCTime "17:12:35"] [WhiteElo "1565"] [BlackElo "1182"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [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 Nf6 3. Qf3 Qe7 4. Nh3 e4 5. Qf4 Nc6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Nxd5 Be6 8. Nxe7 Bxe7 9. Bb5 Bb4 10. Qxc7 Rd8 11. Qxb7 Bxh3 12. Bxc6+ Kf8 13. Qxb4+ Kg8 14. Qe7 Re8 15. Bxe8 Nxe8 16. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0