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[Event "Radulov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/aleJmLgL"] [Date "2025.07.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "palaiciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.24"] [UTCTime "16:52:41"] [WhiteElo "1534"] [BlackElo "1188"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-11"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. e4 Bb4 3. c3 Ba5 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 Nce7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. d6 cxd6 8. Qxd6 Neg8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 11. Qxa5 b6 12. Qf5 d6 13. Qb5+ Kf8 14. Qc6 hxg5 15. Qxa8 Qb7 16. Qxb7 Bxb7 17. Nxg5 Rh5 18. f4 Bxe4 19. Na3 Nh6 20. Rd1 Nhg4 21. Rxd6 Ne8 22. Rd8 f6 23. Nxe4 Rxh2 24. Nd6 Rxh1 25. Rxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0