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[Event "Black12 Arena"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bfaFeS7y"] [Date "2026.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Dacian20244"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.04"] [UTCTime "16:16:45"] [WhiteElo "1559"] [BlackElo "1505"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+11"] [BlackRatingDiff "-10"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. d4 exd4 4. exd4 Bb6 5. Qf3 f6 6. Qd5 Nh6 7. g4 Qe7+ 8. Ne2 Nxg4 9. h3 Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nd2 c6 12. Qf3 c5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nf4 f5 15. Nd5 Qf6 16. Ndxf6+ Kf8 17. Nd6 Rg8 18. Nxg8 Kg7 19. Qxf5 Bc7 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. Qf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0