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[Event "Ivanchuk Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zvjIn0ft"] [Date "2026.05.28"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.28"] [UTCTime "16:16:54"] [WhiteElo "1778"] [BlackElo "1558"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+6"] [BlackRatingDiff "-5"] [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. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Ne5 Nxe5 5. dxe5 Ne4 6. Qf3 d5 7. Bd3 f6 8. Bxe4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 fxe5 10. Qxe5 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Rf8 12. O-O Rf5 13. Qxg7 Bd6 14. Ne4 Qh4 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Qg8+ Rf8 17. Qg7 Rf7 18. Qc3 Rf5 19. g3 Qh3 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. e4 Rh5 22. Rd1 Qxh2+ 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxe4+ 25. Kd2 Rd5+ 26. Kc3 Qe5+ 27. Qxe5 dxe5 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Bg5 d4+ 30. Kd3 Bf5+ 31. Kd2 e4 32. Re1 Rg8 33. Bh4 Re8 34. Bg5 Kg6 35. Bf4 Kh5 36. f3 e3+ 37. Kd1 Rc8 38. g4+ Bxg4 39. fxg4+ Kxg4 40. Be5 h5 41. Bxd4 h4 42. Rxe3 h3 43. Re2 Kg3 44. Be5+ Kf3 45. Rh2 Rd8+ 46. Kc1 Re8 47. Rxh3+ Kg4 48. Rg3+ Kf5 49. Bc3 Rh8 50. Rg1 Ke6 51. a4 Kf7 52. b4 Rg8 53. Rxg8 Kxg8 54. b5 a6 55. bxa6 bxa6 56. a5 Kf8 57. Kb2 Ke7 58. Kb3 Kd7 59. Kb4 Kc7 60. Kc5 Kb7 61. Bb4 Ka7 62. c4 Kb7 63. Kd6 Ka7 64. c5 Kb7 65. c6+ Ka7 66. c7 Kb7 67. Kd7 Ka7 68. Bc5+ Kb7 69. c8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0