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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1rv7hRB4"] [Date "2026.04.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Rose98"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.23"] [UTCTime "15:33:15"] [WhiteElo "?"] [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 } e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ne5 Qe7 4. Qh5 g6 5. Qd1 Qxe5 6. h4 g5 7. Rh3 Nf6 8. hxg5 Ng4 9. Qxg4 f6 10. Rg3 fxg5 11. Qxg5 Nc6 12. Qh4 Be7 13. Rg5 Bxg5 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Qf7 d5 16. f4 Bxf4 17. exf4 Be6 18. Qh5 Qxh5 19. d3 exd3 20. f5 Qxf5 21. Bg5+ Ne7 22. Be3 dxc2 23. Nd2 Rf8 24. Bh6 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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