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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9uTBoFrf"] [Date "2025.01.02"] [Round "-"] [White "M35"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.01.02"] [UTCTime "13:43:36"] [WhiteElo "1337"] [BlackElo "?"] [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. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 a6 6. Qf3 d4 7. Ne4 b5 8. Bb3 Bg4 9. Qg3 Nxe4 10. Qxe5+ Be7 11. f3 f5 12. fxg4 Rg8 13. gxf5 Ng3 14. exd4 Nxh1 15. Bxg8 Nd7 16. Qxg7 Bh4+ 17. Ke2 Ng3+ 18. hxg3 Bf6 19. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0