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[Event "Holt Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zjj5bIqV"] [Date "2025.10.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Mate2017"] [Black "maxim2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.10.30"] [UTCTime "17:45:29"] [WhiteElo "1412"] [BlackElo "1330"] [WhiteRatingDiff "-18"] [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 } d6 2. Bb5+ Bd7 3. Bxd7+ Qxd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Ng5 Qf5 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Nh4 Qf6 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. b3 Nc6 11. c3 Ne7 12. Nh2 Ng6 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. g3 Qg5 16. h4 Qf5 17. Na3 Ng4 18. Nc4 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1