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[Event "Ivanchuk Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kJ9A8OAJ"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "ceavdarialexandr"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "16:45:37"] [WhiteElo "1597"] [BlackElo "1520"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+14"] [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 Nc6 3. d4 f6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. a3 Ba5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nd5 e4 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 Nf6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bc4 d5 13. Be2 O-O 14. f3 exf3 15. gxf3 Bf5 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Bxe4 18. Bd3 Bxh1 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. h3 Qe8+ 21. Qe2 Bf3 22. Qxe8 Raxe8+ 23. Kf2 Bd5+ 24. Kg3 Rf3+ 25. Kg4 Nf6+ 26. Kg5 Re5+ 27. Kg6 Bf7# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
        000½0½010001ceavdarialexandr3
        111½1½101110CristeaIon9
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