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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cDL4Zouo"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:46:45"] [WhiteElo "1718"] [BlackElo "1627"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-16"] [BlackRatingDiff "+16"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb3 Qh4 4. Qf3 e4 5. Qe2 Bc5 6. c4 d4 7. exd4 Bxd4 8. g3 Qf6 9. Nf3 Ne7 10. Qxe4 Bf5 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Qxa8 Nbc6 13. Qb7 Qe6+ 14. Kf1 Bd3+ 15. Kg1 Qe2 16. Kg2 Qxf2+ 17. Kh3 Qxf3 18. Qxc7 Bf5+ 19. Kh4 Qg4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1