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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Ym0JcopG"] [Date "2026.06.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.06"] [UTCTime "16:00:14"] [WhiteElo "1386"] [BlackElo "1535"] [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 } e6 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb3 a5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Bxc4 c6 6. Qh5 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. a4 c4 9. Bc2 bxa4 10. Bxa4+ Bd7 11. b3 cxb3 12. Bxb3 Na6 13. d4 Nb4 14. d5 exd5 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0