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[Event "Academie Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jE6lqwaU"] [Date "2023.11.20"] [Round "-"] [White "victor_01"] [Black "Marian2023"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2023.11.20"] [UTCTime "15:20:19"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1249"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "360+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Qe2 e4 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qe5+ Be7 5. Qxh8 Nc6 6. Qxg8+ Bf8 7. Bc4 a5 8. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0