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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/08aBHNAs"] [Date "2020.08.19"] [Round "-"] [White "sirbumaria"] [Black "Eric"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2020.08.19"] [UTCTime "12:31:17"] [WhiteElo "1645"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nh3 Nf6 3. Na3 Ng4 4. c3 Qh4 5. Nf4 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1