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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3JQI4nbG"] [Date "2026.04.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Ianis09"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.04"] [UTCTime "07:19:33"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [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. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 a6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 c5 7. Qd2 b6 8. Ne2 a5 9. Nf4 g5 10. Nh3 g4 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. f4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Nec3 dxc4 15. Qe2+ Qe7 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nf2 Bxc2 18. O-O Bxb1 19. Rxb1 a4 20. Re1 c3 21. f5 f6 22. Bh6 Rg8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0