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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/57UoYRxo"] [Date "2026.02.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Matei_Ghensari11"] [Black "Ion123"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.03"] [UTCTime "16:42:35"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 e5 { A00 Van Geet Opening: Reversed Nimzowitsch } 2. Nd5 c6 3. Ne3 Qa5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bb2 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Ng5 f6 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. g3 f5 10. Nxf5 Bb4 11. Ned6+ Kd8 12. Nxg7 Kc7 13. Nf7 { Black resigns. } 1-0