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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/534pKWzw"] [Date "2026.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.14"] [UTCTime "16:37:01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. c3 Bd6 4. f4 e5 5. fxe5 Bxe5 6. Ba6 bxa6 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Na3 Nc6 10. Nc4 g5 11. Bxg5 Nge7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Qa4 O-O 15. Ne2 Nxd4 16. O-O-O a5 17. Qxa5 Bf5 18. Rxd4 d5 19. Rxd5 e3 20. Rxf5 Kh8 21. Rb5 Qe8 22. Qc7 Rd8 23. Qxa7 f5 24. Rb7 h5 25. Rf1 Qf7 26. Rf3 Rfe8 27. Rh3 Rd3 28. Rg3 Kh7 29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30. Qa6+ Re6 31. Qxe6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0