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[Event "ANS Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bhNZ5fBO"] [Date "2026.06.25"] [Round "-"] [White "Niko"] [Black "alexarhip221"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.25"] [UTCTime "16:48:12"] [WhiteElo "1286"] [BlackElo "1212"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+95"] [BlackRatingDiff "-53"] [Variant "King of the Hill"] [TimeControl "360+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } d6 2. Ke2 Kd7 3. Kd3 e5 4. Ke4# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0