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A00 Van't Kruijs Opening
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Checkmate, Black is victorious
FEN
[Event "Lewis Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/uh3QHPyw"] [Date "2025.04.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Maxim1"] [Black "Vasile"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.04.01"] [UTCTime "16:21:39"] [WhiteElo "1321"] [BlackElo "1371"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-25"] [BlackRatingDiff "+10"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Qf3 Qe7 3. e4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Bg5 d5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. e5 Qxe5+ 8. Be2 Bh6 9. Na3 Rg8 10. Nb5 Bg4 11. Qa3 a6 12. Nxc7+ Qxc7 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 15. Kf1 O-O-O 16. Qe7 Rd7 17. Qxd7+ Qxd7 18. Re1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Nf3 Bd7 21. Rg1 Bb5+ 22. c4 Bxc4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1