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[Event "Ilyin-Genevsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gV8T8voT"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Marcus01"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "17:40:46"] [WhiteElo "1377"] [BlackElo "1513"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+8"] [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. Bc4 d5 3. Bxd5 Qxd5 4. d3 Nf6 5. e4 Qd4 6. Be3 Qd8 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nh3 Bb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 11. Nc3 Nxc2+ 12. Kd2 Nxa1 13. Rxa1 Bxh3 14. gxh3 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nxc7+ Qxc7 18. b4 O-O-O 19. b5 Qd7 20. b6 Qxd3+ 21. Kc1 Qd1+ 22. Kb2 Qd2+ 23. Kb1 axb6 24. a3 Qd1+ 25. Ka2 Rd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1