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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/eNoMIIfj"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "Michel16"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "16:04:31"] [WhiteElo "1286"] [BlackElo "1500"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+12"] [BlackRatingDiff "-315"] [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 } d5 2. b3 Bf5 3. Bb2 Na6 4. c4 Nc5 5. Qf3 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Qf4 e5 8. Qxe5+ Be7 9. Qxf5 Nd3+ 10. Bxd3 Qxd3 11. Bxg7 Qd7 12. g4 Qxf5 13. gxf5 Bh4 14. Bxh8 Rd8 15. Bf6 Rd4 16. Bxd4 Bg5 17. Nh3 Bf4 18. Nxf4 Nh6 19. Nh5 Nxf5 20. Ng7+ Nxg7 21. Bxg7 Kd7 22. Nc3 Ke6 23. Nxe4 Kf5 24. Nd6+ Kg4 25. Nxf7 Kf3 26. Rg1 Ke4 27. Rg3 Kf4 28. c5 Ke4 29. b4 Kd5 30. b5 Kxc5 31. b6 Kxb6 32. Nd6 cxd6 33. Rc1 Kb5 34. Rb3+ Ka4 35. Rc4+ Ka5 36. Bc3+ Ka6 37. Ra4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0