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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/y3kg0qqQ"] [Date "2026.06.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Dacian20244"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.18"] [UTCTime "16:21:45"] [WhiteElo "1609"] [BlackElo "1494"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-15"] [BlackRatingDiff "+17"] [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. d4 c5 3. c3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bf4 g5 6. Be5 f6 7. Bxb8 Rxb8 8. Qg4 f5 9. Qg3 f4 10. Qg4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Nxf5 Qa5 16. h4 gxh4 17. Rxh4 Rd8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bb5+ Kf7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4+ Kg6 22. Bd3 Rxd3 23. Ke2 Qc2+ 24. Kf1 Rd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1