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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zLbb1zG8"] [Date "2025.08.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei2017"] [Black "ArianaL"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.26"] [UTCTime "16:25:19"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1232"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+4"] [BlackRatingDiff "-16"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Time forfeit"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. f3 exf3 4. Nxf3 Qxd2+ 5. Nfxd2 Bh3 6. gxh3 f5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qg5 h6 9. Qh4 g5 10. Qh5+ Kd8 11. Nc4 g4 12. Qxf5 gxh3 13. Qxf8+ Kd7 14. Ne5+ Kd6 15. Qg7 Nf6 16. Nc4+ { White wins on time. } 1-0