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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/osUdgqD7"] [Date "2026.06.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "CristeaIon"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.09"] [UTCTime "16:30:12"] [WhiteElo "1361"] [BlackElo "1602"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-5"] [BlackRatingDiff "+5"] [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 } d5 2. Bb5+ Nd7 3. Bxd7+ Bxd7 4. Nc3 Bc6 5. e4 e6 6. Qe2 Qd7 7. f3 O-O-O 8. d3 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne7 11. Bxg7 Rhg8 12. Bf6 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bb5 14. c4 Ba6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nh3 b5 17. Nf4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Rd4 19. Nd3 Bxc4 20. Qe3 Qb4+ 21. Qd2 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Rxd3+ 23. Ke2 Rb3+ 24. Kd2 Rxb2+ 25. Kc1 Rbxg2 26. Rd1 Rxh2 27. Rd4 Bxa2 28. Rxa2 Rxa2 29. Rd8+ { White resigns. } 0-1