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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/riQCrPbD"] [Date "2026.05.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad1234"] [Black "Ianis09"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.03"] [UTCTime "07:44:15"] [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 } e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qh5 Bg4 5. d4 Bxh5 6. f4 Qh4+ 7. Kd2 Nc6 8. c4 Nxd4 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. b3 Nb5 11. a4 Nxc3 12. Kc2 Ne4 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Ka2 Nc3+ 15. Kb2 Qe1 16. Kc2 Qxf1 17. Kd2 Qxf4+ 18. Ke1 Re8+ 19. Be3 Rxe3+ 20. Kd2 Nd1+ 21. Kc1 Re2+ 22. Kb1 Qd2 23. a5 Qb2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1