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A00 Van't Kruijs Opening
1e3e52Qf3Qe73Ke2Qd64d3Ke75Qe4Kf66d4exd47Kd3dxe3+8Qd4+Ke69Ke4#
1-0
King in the center, White is victorious
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[Event "Sofia Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zs9yDZqr"] [Date "2020.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "CovganetIlinca_13883"] [Black "Sofia"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.02.24"] [UTCTime "18:55:31"] [WhiteElo "1612"] [BlackElo "1452"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-22"] [Variant "King of the Hill"] [TimeControl "120+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Qf3 Qe7 3. Ke2 Qd6 4. d3 Ke7 5. Qe4 Kf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Kd3 dxe3+ 8. Qd4+ Ke6 9. Ke4# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0