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[Event "Malakhov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zJQN9i01"] [Date "2025.10.02"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Alex_Alex"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.10.02"] [UTCTime "16:00:59"] [WhiteElo "1779"] [BlackElo "1886"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+16"] [BlackRatingDiff "-19"] [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 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 f5 7. e4 f4 8. g3 g5 9. Bh5+ Kd7 10. Qg4+ Ke7 11. Qxg5+ Nf6 12. Nd5+ Ke6 13. Qf5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0