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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/qa1R4a6L"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "16:28:46"] [WhiteElo "1651"] [BlackElo "1515"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-8"] [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. Qf3 d5 3. Nh3 e5 4. d3 g6 5. e4 dxe4 6. Qxe4 f5 7. Qxe5+ Be7 8. Qxh8 f4 9. Bxf4 Bg4 10. Bh6 Bb4+ 11. c3 Qe7+ 12. Kd2 Bc5 13. Qxg8+ Qf8 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15. Qxh7 g5 16. Na3 Bd6 17. Re1+ Kd8 18. Qh8+ Kd7 19. Qg7+ Kc6 20. g3 Nd7 21. Bg2+ Kc5 22. Qd4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0