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[Event "Verlinsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/hPK5vQa6"] [Date "2026.05.16"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.16"] [UTCTime "16:23:43"] [WhiteElo "1573"] [BlackElo "1861"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+20"] [BlackRatingDiff "-21"] [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 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. exf4 Bc5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. d3 O-O 7. f5 Nd4 8. Be3 Re8 9. Bxd4 Bxd4 10. Nf3 d5 11. Nxd4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Na4 Bxf5 14. Rxf5 Qd7 15. Bg4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qxa4 17. b3 Qc6 18. Rf3 Qxc2 19. Rg3 Qd2 20. Qxg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0