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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/f0Ev6bg1"] [Date "2026.10.27"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "mateipascu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.27"] [UTCTime "17:38:50"] [WhiteElo "1582"] [BlackElo "1542"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+10"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. exd4 Nf6 5. Be2 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nxd4 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a4 d5 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nbd4 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Kf1 Re8 14. Bd3 c5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 g6 17. Bd3 c4 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qf5 Nd2+ 21. Ke1 Ne4 22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 Nxg5 24. Rxh6 Rxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Qe7+ 26. Kf1 f6 27. Rxf6 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Qxg5+ Kf7 30. Qxd5+ Ke8 31. Qxc4 b5 32. Qd5 b4 33. Rd1 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Ke7 35. Re1+ Kf6 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Qd7+ Kg8 38. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0