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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/qLLtgcfn"] [Date "2025.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "EdChiriac"] [Black "Marcus01"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.16"] [UTCTime "17:26:11"] [WhiteElo "1229"] [BlackElo "1573"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-4"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 d6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 h5 6. f3 Nh6 7. f4 Bg4 8. Ne2 Na6 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 exf4 11. Qxh5 fxe3 12. Qxf7+ Nxf7 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. dxe3 Qh4+ 15. Ke2 Rh6 16. e4 Qxe4+ 17. Kd1 Nc5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Kc1 Qf4+ 20. Nd2 Ne4 21. Kd1 Qxd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1