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[Event "Ivkov Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zLqhKcCl"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Grosu"] [Black "Mate2017"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.14"] [UTCTime "16:28:35"] [WhiteElo "1119"] [BlackElo "1372"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-18"] [BlackRatingDiff "+4"] [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. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nb5 Ne5 4. Qh5 g6 5. d3 f6 6. e4 gxh5 7. Be2 Ng4 8. h3 Ne5 9. Bxh5+ Ng6 10. c3 Nh6 11. b3 c6 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Nf3 Qxb5 14. Bxg6+ hxg6 15. Nh4 Qa5 16. Nxg6 Rg8 17. Nf4 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Rxg2 19. Nxe6 dxe6 20. Raf1 Qc2+ 21. Ke3 Qxa2 22. Bb2 Qxb3 23. h4 Ng4+ 24. Kf4 Ne5 25. d4 Qxb2 26. h5 Qd2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1