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[Event "Sveshnikov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nFY4NEUo"] [Date "2025.08.23"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "palaiciucpavel"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.23"] [UTCTime "16:49:07"] [WhiteElo "1542"] [BlackElo "1418"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Qf3 d5 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qg3 g6 9. e4 O-O 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bb5 c6 12. Qxe5 cxb5 13. Qg5 dxe4 14. Qxb5 a6 15. Qe5 Qd7 16. Nh3 Rd8 17. O-O b6 18. Re1 Bc5 19. Ng5 Bb7 20. Nxe4 Qc6 21. Nxf6+ Kh8 22. Nd7+ Kg8 23. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0