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[Event "Timman Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sjk2nBJM"] [Date "2025.11.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Kittykatbot"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.18"] [UTCTime "17:28:45"] [WhiteElo "1687"] [BlackElo "1918"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-6"] [BlackRatingDiff "+23"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. Qf3 e6 4. Qxf7+ Kxf7 5. Bxe6+ dxe6 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Nh4 Qxh4 8. g3 Qh3 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Ne4 Qg2 11. Rf1 Qxe4 12. f3 Qxc2 13. fxg4+ Ke7 14. Ke2 Qc4+ 15. Ke1 Qd5 16. Rf2 Qd7 17. Re2 Nc6 18. e4 Rf8 19. Rf2 Qe8 20. Kd1 Rxf2 21. Kc2 Qf7 22. Kb1 Rxh2 23. b3 Qf2 24. a4 Bxa1 25. Kxa1 Rh1 26. Ka2 Qf1 27. Ka3 Qxc1+ 28. Ka2 Qa1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1