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[Event "Waitzkin Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sYKlDxh6"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Markits"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "17:50:59"] [WhiteElo "1462"] [BlackElo "1804"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+21"] [BlackRatingDiff "-24"] [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 } e6 2. Bd3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. c4 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. Nh4 e5 10. e4 Qd4 11. c3 Qb6 12. Rb1 Qc5 13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Qg3 g5 15. Nf5 Ne7 16. Rb5 Qc6 17. Nxe7+ Kg7 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Rb7 h5 20. Rxc7 h4 21. Qe3 Kh6 22. Rxc6 Be6 23. g3 Ng4 24. Qf3 f6 25. gxh4 gxh4 26. Qh3 Kh5 27. Rxe6 Rg8 28. Rg1 f5 29. exf5 e4 30. Be2 e3 31. Bxg4+ Kg5 32. Qxe3# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0