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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fLrheVXK"] [Date "2026.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Cristi_63"] [Black "Grosu"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.16"] [UTCTime "16:44:32"] [WhiteElo "1669"] [BlackElo "1209"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-12"] [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 } e6 2. Qh5 Na6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 f6 5. d4 d6 6. d5 exd5 7. Bxd5 c6 8. Bc4 Nc5 9. h4 h5 10. g4 Bxg4 11. Qf4 g5 12. Qg3 gxh4 13. Rxh4 Bf5 14. f3 Bg6 15. Qxg6+ Ke7 16. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0