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[Event "Verlinsky Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ldDkW8nj"] [Date "2025.06.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Garaba"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.06.19"] [UTCTime "16:51:17"] [WhiteElo "1484"] [BlackElo "1164"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-4"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } Nc6 2. Nh3 Nf6 3. Na3 Nb4 4. Be2 Ne4 5. Rf1 e6 6. c3 Nd5 7. b3 f5 8. Bb2 a5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Bh5+ g6 11. Bxh8 a4 12. Be2 axb3 13. axb3 g5 14. d3 Nc5 15. d4 Nxb3 16. Qxb3 g4 17. Nf4 d6 18. Nxe6 Qd7 19. c5 Qxe6 20. Qb5+ c6 21. Qxb6 Ra6 22. Qb2 b5 23. d5 b4 24. Qxb4 Qxd5 25. Bxa6 Qxg2 26. Bxc8 dxc5 27. Qb7 Qxh2 28. Qd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0