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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lhe1nGnN"] [Date "2025.12.18"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.18"] [UTCTime "17:47:47"] [WhiteElo "1748"] [BlackElo "1546"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [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. Nf3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nh6 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nxf7 Nxf7 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke8 8. O-O Qg5 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qxb7 Bh3 11. Qe4+ Kd8 12. g3 d5 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. Qxh7 Qxd5 15. Qxh3 g5 16. f4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Qg8 18. Qh4+ Re7 19. d4 Bb4 20. c3 Bd6 21. Re4 Qc4 22. b3 Qe2 23. Qh8+ Re8 24. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0