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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/32ry7nDN"] [Date "2026.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.26"] [UTCTime "15:33:56"] [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 } e6 2. d4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nb4 4. Bd3 Nd5 5. Nxd5 exd5 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bb4+ 8. c3 Bd6 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Nd5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Qe2+ Kf8 14. Bh6+ Kg8 15. Qf3 Qe7+ 16. Be4 Qf7 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0