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[Event "Paulsen Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/tc7gbEUO"] [Date "2025.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.22"] [UTCTime "17:20:54"] [WhiteElo "1390"] [BlackElo "1555"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-7"] [BlackRatingDiff "+7"] [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. Qf3 Bd6 3. Nh3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Bf5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 exf5 7. Ng5 Qxg5 8. Kf1 Nf6 9. Rg1 Qh5 10. Rh1 Ng4 11. Nc3 Nxh2+ 12. Kg2 Qg5+ 13. Kh3 h5 14. Nb5 h4 15. Rxh2 Bg3 16. Rg2 f4 17. d4 Qf5# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1