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[Event "Kan Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/hbSsMTCv"] [Date "2025.12.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.09"] [UTCTime "17:46:47"] [WhiteElo "1642"] [BlackElo "1476"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-17"] [BlackRatingDiff "+17"] [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. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Ne5 4. Nh3 Nc4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e4 Ne5 7. d3 Ng4 8. Qxg4 e5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nc3 Bxg4 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. Rae1 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. g4 Bxg4 19. Kg2 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 Be6 21. Nxf6+ Kf7 22. Nxh7+ Kg7 23. Nf6 Bxh3+ 24. Kg1 Rh6 25. Re3 Rxf6 26. Rg3+ Kf7 27. Re2 Rf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1