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[Event "Bird Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/rG5tvvqd"] [Date "2025.10.04"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "mihai9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.04"] [UTCTime "16:41:11"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1437"] [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 } e5 2. Qh5 Qf6 3. d4 exd4 4. exd4 Qe6+ 5. Be3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. b4 Bxb4 8. cxb4 Qc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Qxf7+ Kd8 11. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0