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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cOcbHlZ3"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Vvictoria_Procopiuc1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:05:01"] [WhiteElo "1670"] [BlackElo "1639"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-54"] [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 Nc6 3. Qf3 Nh6 4. e4 Qf6 5. Qg3 Bc5 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qg6 8. Ne2 d5 9. Nf4 Qxe4+ 10. Be2 Bb4+ 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 Qc2 14. Qe3+ Ne7 15. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0