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[Event "ELOTER Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/zw6kdfI1"] [Date "2026.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "ioan20"] [Black "Petrica"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.24"] [UTCTime "17:05:44"] [WhiteElo "1961"] [BlackElo "1324"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+1"] [BlackRatingDiff "-1"] [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 Bc5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Ng4 5. O-O d5 6. Bd3 e5 7. e4 d4 8. Nd5 Nc6 9. c3 Na5 10. b4 Nc6 11. bxc5 dxc3 12. dxc3 Rf8 13. Bb5 Qd7 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Ng5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxh7 Rh8 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. f4 Rg8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qf3 Bg4 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qxg8+ Kd7 24. Qxa8 b5 25. Rf7+ Ke6 26. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0