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[Event "Verlinsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jwSG9Fjx"] [Date "2026.05.16"] [Round "-"] [White "EdChiriac"] [Black "GrigoriTanas"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.16"] [UTCTime "16:20:38"] [WhiteElo "1105"] [BlackElo "1225"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-9"] [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. Nh3 Nf6 3. Ng5 Nc6 4. b3 h6 5. Nxf7 Kxf7 6. Bc4+ Ke8 7. Bf7+ Kxf7 8. Qh5+ Nxh5 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne4 b6 11. Bb2 Ba6 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Ng5 Qxg5 14. f4 Qg4 15. h3 Qe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1