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[Event "Kasparov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/w2FSCyAO"] [Date "2025.05.08"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Matheo9"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.08"] [UTCTime "16:33:30"] [WhiteElo "1613"] [BlackElo "1189"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+2"] [BlackRatingDiff "-2"] [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 } e6 2. Nh3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. Ng5 h6 5. Nf3 Nh5 6. Ne5 f5 7. Qxh5+ Ke7 8. Qf7+ Kd6 9. d4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qg4 11. Bd2 Qf3 12. Bb4+ c5 13. Bxc5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0