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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0PL8BmEz"] [Date "2025.11.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "ioanlaur"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.11.11"] [UTCTime "17:39:22"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1216"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } Nf6 2. Nb5 a6 3. Nxc7+ Qxc7 4. Nf3 e5 5. a4 d5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. g3 h6 9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. g4 Bd7 11. g5 Rg6 12. gxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 O-O-O 14. Bh3 e4 15. d4 Bxh3 16. Ng1 Bg2 17. Ne2 Bxh1 18. c4 dxc4 19. Nf4 Rg1+ 20. Kd2 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Bf3+ 22. Ke1 Nxd4 23. b4 Nc2+ 24. Kf1 Nxa1 25. Ne6 Rd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1