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[Event "Short Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xkiz3KWI"] [Date "2026.05.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "Lucaous28"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.09"] [UTCTime "16:40:31"] [WhiteElo "1391"] [BlackElo "1383"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-12"] [BlackRatingDiff "+12"] [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. Bc4 Nf6 3. b3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Nh4 Qxh4 6. g3 Qf6 7. Na3 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1