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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z9h3OYNU"] [Date "2026.04.21"] [Round "-"] [White "CristeaIon"] [Black "Vlad220117"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.21"] [UTCTime "16:23:30"] [WhiteElo "1629"] [BlackElo "1834"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-17"] [BlackRatingDiff "+6"] [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 } e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bf1 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bg4 8. Ne2 Bc5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. f3 exf3 11. gxf3 Bxf3 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rxf3 Qg5+ 14. Ng3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bd6 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. d4 Qxg3+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Ke2 Qg2+ 21. Ke1 Bg3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1