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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oDmjsh54"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "paliciucpavel"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:08:11"] [WhiteElo "1681"] [BlackElo "1825"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-8"] [BlackRatingDiff "+16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } Nh6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bxh6 Bxh6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Bd3 d6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Qd4 9. Nf3 Qxb2 10. Na3 Qxa3 11. Nh4 Rd8 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. f4 Nc6 14. h4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Qf4+ 17. Kg1 Bf5 18. h5 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Qd4+ 20. Kh2 Qxd3 21. Qg4 Kg7 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Raf1 Rd7 24. Qe6 Rad8 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Rf6 Qf5 27. Qf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kg7 29. Rf1 Qxf8 30. Rxf8 Kxf8 31. g3 c5 32. Kh3 c4 33. Kh4 c3 34. Kg4 c2 35. Kf3 c1=Q 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kf2 Rd3 { Black wins on time. } 0-1