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[Event "Grachev Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bievbNSH"] [Date "2025.09.04"] [Round "-"] [White "VictorPopescu"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.04"] [UTCTime "16:00:02"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1439"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+147"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } b6 2. Qf3 g6 3. Bc4 Nh6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. g4 e6 6. g5 Nf5 7. Qxa8 Nc6 8. Bb5 Ne5 9. Qxa7 Nf3+ 10. Kf1 Nxg5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. d3 Nd6 14. Qa4 Nf5 15. h4 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxd7+ Bxd7 20. Qa8+ Ke7 21. Nc3 Rxa8 22. Ne4 Qxb2 23. Ke2 Qxc2+ 24. Kf3 Qxd3+ 25. Kf4 Qd6+ 26. Nxd6 Kxd6 27. Rhd1+ Nd4 28. Ke4 Ra4 29. f4 f6 30. Rab1 f5+ 31. Ke3 e5 32. Rb6+ Kd5 33. Rb7 Bc6 34. Rxh7 Be8 35. Rh6 Ra3+ 36. Kf2 Rxa2+ 37. Ke1 Ke4 38. Kf1 Kf3 39. fxe5 Ba4 40. Rd3+ Ke4 41. Rg3 Kf4 42. Rhxg6 Ne6 43. h5 Be8 44. Rg8 Bb5+ 45. Ke1 Nf8 46. h6 Re2+ 47. Kd1 Rxe5 48. h7 Nxh7 49. R3g7 Nf6 50. Kd2 Nxg8 51. Rxg8 Rd5+ 52. Kc3 c4 53. Rh8 Rd3+ 54. Kb4 Rd5 55. Rh4+ Kg3 56. Rh1 Bc6 57. Rg1+ Kh2 58. Rg6 Bb7 59. Kxc4 Rd1 60. Rg7 Rc1+ 61. Kd4 Ba6 62. Ke5 Rc6 63. Kxf5 Bd3+ 64. Ke5 Bc4 65. Rh7+ Kg2 66. Rg7+ Kf2 67. Kd4 Kf3 68. Re7 Rd6+ 69. Kxc4 Rc6+ 70. Kd5 Ra6 71. Rf7+ Ke3 72. Re7+ Kd3 73. Ke5 Ra5+ 74. Kd6 Ra6+ 75. Kc5 Ra5+ 76. Kb6 Ra1 77. Kb5 { White wins on time. } 1-0