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[Event "Vidmar Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aWE4TH7n"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "16:34:34"] [WhiteElo "1856"] [BlackElo "1441"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Ng5 Ng4 7. Qxg4 Qf6 8. Bxh7+ Kh8 9. Qh5 Qe5 10. Bg8+ Kxg8 11. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0