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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/l6nWrkRi"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:03:10"] [WhiteElo "1797"] [BlackElo "1514"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [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. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 e5 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Nxe4 8. Nxe4 Bf5 9. Nc5 Bxc5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 f6 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ba3 b5 15. Qxc6+ Kf7 16. Qxb5 Rb8 17. Qc4+ Kg6 18. h4 Re8 19. h5+ Kg5 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. f4+ exf4 22. Qf3 Qe5 23. c3 Bxc3 24. dxc3 c6 25. Bb2 c5 26. g4 Rbd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qh3 Qe3+ 29. Kb1 Qe2 30. Qh4+ Kh6 31. Bc1 Rd1 32. Rxd1 Qxd1 33. Qf2 Qd3+ 34. Kb2 c4 35. Qxf4+ g5 36. Qxf6+ Qg6 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Qxg5+ Kh7 39. bxc4 a6 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41. Bg5 Kf7 42. c5 a5 43. c6 a4 44. c7 Ke6 45. c8=Q+ Kd6 46. Qxg6+ Kd5 47. Qd3+ Ke5 48. Qcf5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0