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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/wskmU7D0"] [Date "2026.10.08"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Vladimir-Gh"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.10.08"] [UTCTime "16:42:16"] [WhiteElo "1798"] [BlackElo "1698"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+9"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [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 } e5 2. Qf3 Nf6 3. Nh3 d5 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qg3 Bd6 6. Qh4 h6 7. Nxd5 g5 8. Qg3 e4 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qxg4 O-O 11. Qxe4 Nc6 12. Bd3 Rae8 13. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0