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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8wHNUGKz"] [Date "2026.08.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [UTCDate "2026.08.16"] [UTCTime "17:37:46"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. a4 d5 3. h4 h5 4. e3 a5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Ng5 Qf6 8. Nxe6 Qxe6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 b5 11. axb5 Nd7 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. e4 O-O-O 14. Qe2 dxc4 15. f4 g5 16. g4 gxf4 17. gxh5 f3 18. Qxf3 Ndf6 19. Qe2 a4 20. h6 Rxh6 21. h5 Nxe4 22. Rf1 Rxh5 23. Rxf7 Qxf7 24. Qxe4 Rxb5 25. Qe3 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Bf3 27. Qg5 Nh6 28. Qxh6 Qd5 29. Qa6+ Kd7 30. Qxa4+ Qb5 31. Qxb5+ Kc8 32. Qxc4 c5 33. Qxc5+ Kd7 34. Rb7+ Ke6 35. Rh7 Kf6 36. Qc6+ Kf5 37. Qc7 Rxd4 38. Qf7+ Ke4 39. Rh4+ Kd3 40. Qxf3+ Kc4 41. cxd4 Kb5 42. Qb7+ Ka4 43. Qa6+ Kb3 44. Qb5+ Ka2 45. Rh2+ Ka1 46. a4 { Draw by stalemate. } 1/2-1/2