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[Event "Paulsen Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wrnY7IHu"] [Date "2025.11.22"] [Round "-"] [White "maxim2016"] [Black "Matei2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.22"] [UTCTime "17:40:49"] [WhiteElo "1399"] [BlackElo "1560"] [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 Na6 3. Nh3 Nb4 4. Kd1 Qe7 5. Qf4 Qc5 6. Ng5 Qxc2+ 7. Ke2 Nh6 8. Ke1 Qxc1+ 9. Ke2 b6 10. Kf3 Bb7+ 11. Kg3 Nd5 12. Bd3 Qxh1 13. Nxh7 Nxf4 14. exf4 Qxg2+ 15. Kh4 Qg4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1