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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/fZDTdYn2"] [Date "2025.05.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Ioan2013"] [Black "Robert2015"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.24"] [UTCTime "16:19:40"] [WhiteElo "1781"] [BlackElo "1388"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-3"] [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. Nh3 Nf6 3. Ng5 Ne4 4. Qh5 Qf6 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. Nxf6+ Kd8 7. Ne4 Nb4 8. Bd3 g6 9. Qg5+ Be7 10. Qe5 Bd6 11. Qxh8+ Bf8 12. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0