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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gbjQRtZY"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:03:10"] [WhiteElo "1363"] [BlackElo "1410"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [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 } e6 2. b3 Qf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Ne5 5. Nb5 Nh6 6. Nxc7+ Kd8 7. Nxa8 Nhg4 8. Nh3 Ng6 9. Qxg4 Bb4 10. Bxf6+ gxf6 11. Qh4 Nxh4 12. a4 Nf5 13. Nf4 Nd6 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Ng1 Bxd2+ 16. Kd1 Bc3 17. Ke2 Bxa1 18. Nh3 Nc3+ 19. Kf3 Nd1 20. Be2 Nc3 21. Rxa1 Nxe2 22. Kxe2 Rg8 23. f4 Rxg2+ 24. Kf3 Rxc2 25. Rg1 Rc3 26. Rg7 Rxb3 27. Rxh7 Rb4 28. Rxf7 f5 29. Rf8+ Ke7 30. Rxc8 Rxa4 31. Rc7 b6 32. Ng5 a5 33. Nxb6 Kd6 34. Rc8 Rb4 35. Na8 a4 36. Rh8 a3 37. e4 fxe4+ 38. Nxe4+ Kd5 39. Rg8 a2 40. Rg1 Kc6 41. h4 d6 42. Ra1 Ra4 43. h5 Rxa8 44. h6 d5 45. Nf6 d4 46. h7 d3 47. Nh5 d2 48. f5 exf5 49. Nf4 Kc5 50. Ng6 Kd4 51. h8=Q+ Rxh8 52. Nxh8 d1=Q+ 53. Rxd1+ Kc3 54. Ra1 Kb2 55. Rh1 a1=Q 56. Rxa1 Kxa1 57. Kf4 Kb2 58. Kxf5 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2