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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xrjISCAC"] [Date "2026.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.18"] [UTCTime "16:11:31"] [WhiteElo "1371"] [BlackElo "1885"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-2"] [BlackRatingDiff "+1"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 Bd6 4. Nc4 Bc5 5. Na5 O-O 6. Nc3 Na6 7. Nb5 Bb4 8. Qf3 Bxa5 9. Qg3 Ne4 10. Qg4 Nac5 11. h4 Qf6 12. f3 Nd6 13. h5 Qh6 14. f4 Nf5 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. dxc3 d5 18. Bd3 Nd6 19. Be3 e5 20. fxe5 Bxg4 21. Bxh6 Ne8 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bf4 fxe5 24. h6 Rxf4 25. hxg7 Kxg7 26. Rxh7+ Kg8 27. Bg6 Ng7 28. Rh4 Raf8 29. Bh7+ Kf7 30. b4 Bb6 31. Rd1 Bxd1 32. Kxd1 Rxh4 33. Bd3 e4 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35. g3 Rh2 36. g4 Ke7 37. g5 Rf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1