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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/bhMIv3t4"] [Date "2026.01.05"] [Round "-"] [White "CiprianCiopa"] [Black "Vvictoria_Procopiuc1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.05"] [UTCTime "18:40:01"] [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 } e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bd6 7. Be3 Bf8 8. d5 Nb4 9. O-O d6 10. a3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. axb4 fxg5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Ne4 Bf6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nxg5 Qf4 17. h3 h6 18. hxg4 Qxg5 19. f3 Qh4 20. Qe2+ Kd8 21. Rae1 Bxg4 22. fxg4 h5 23. gxh5 Rxh5 24. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0