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[Event "Xu Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/pCVGuP9p"] [Date "2025.07.05"] [Round "-"] [White "EdChiriac"] [Black "AlexandrG"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.05"] [UTCTime "16:34:05"] [WhiteElo "1172"] [BlackElo "1543"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-3"] [BlackRatingDiff "+2"] [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 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h4 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxf2+ 10. Ke1 Nxh1 11. e4 f5 12. Bg5 fxe4 13. Nf7 Kxf7 14. Be7 Kxe7 15. Rd1 Rf8 16. Ke2 Ng3+ 17. Ke1 Rf1+ 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 e5 20. c4 Bg4+ 21. Kc1 Rf8 22. Kd2 Rf2+ 23. Ke3 Re2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1