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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/orxidjIl"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Matei2018"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.14"] [UTCTime "16:20:56"] [WhiteElo "1490"] [BlackElo "1531"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-20"] [BlackRatingDiff "+11"] [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 } e6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nxe5 Bd6 4. Nc4 Nh6 5. Nxd6+ cxd6 6. Qf3 Nc6 7. Qe4+ Qe7 8. Nc3 Qxe4 9. Nxe4 O-O 10. Ng5 Nb4 11. a3 Nxc2+ 12. Kd1 Nxa1 13. Bc4 b6 14. Bxf7+ Nxf7 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Re1 Rxf2 17. Rh1 Rxg2 18. Re1 Rxh2 19. Re2 Rh1+ 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Nc2+ 22. Kd1 Na1 23. Ke2 h5 24. Kf3 g5 25. Ke4 h4 26. Kf5 h3 27. Kxg5 h2 28. Kh5 h1=Q+ 29. Kg5 Ba6 30. Kg4 Rf8 31. Kg5 Qg1+ 32. Kh5 Rf5+ 33. Kh6 Rf2 34. Kh5 Rh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1