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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2kDsFF3U"] [Date "2026.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:08:34"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [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. Bc4 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Be2 e4 5. f3 Nf6 6. fxe4 Nxe4 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. Rf1 O-O 9. Ng5 Re8 10. Nxf7 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxh2 12. d3 Qxg3+ 13. Rf2 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1