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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sqczukdn"] [Date "2025.12.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Stefanmartie"] [Black "EdChiriac"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.18"] [UTCTime "17:11:30"] [WhiteElo "1447"] [BlackElo "1252"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-6"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "420+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } d6 2. Bb5+ c6 3. Bf1 e6 4. Qh5 Qe7 5. d4 d5 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bg5 Nf6 8. Be2 Nxh5 9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. Bxh5 g6 11. Bg4 f5 12. Bd1 b6 13. c3 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Be2 Nc6 16. b4 Nxb4 17. cxb4 cxb4 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nf3 Rhe8 21. Ne5+ { White wins on time. } 1-0