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[Event "Zukertort Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ua5ehVVx"] [Date "2025.11.13"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.13"] [UTCTime "17:27:38"] [WhiteElo "1577"] [BlackElo "1213"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+3"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [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. h4 h5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Ng5 Ng4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d4 d5 7. Qf3 Qf6 8. Qg3 Qg6 9. Qxc7 O-O 10. Qxc5 Nd7 11. Qa3 Qxc2 12. Bd3 Qxc1+ 13. Ke2 Qxh1 14. Qb3 Qxg2 15. Kd1 Nxf2+ 16. Kc1 Nxd3+ 17. Kd1 Nf2+ 18. Kd2 Qg1 19. Qc2 Qh2 20. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0