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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kGKoYuSy"] [Date "2026.05.21"] [Round "-"] [White "wining"] [Black "marindragutan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.21"] [UTCTime "12:46:43"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c4 Qg5 3. Bxg5 f6 4. Bf4 e5 5. dxe5 f5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 d6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Rxd6 Nc6 12. Qxg7 Nd4 13. Qxh8 Bxc4 14. Rxd4 Bxa2 15. e3 Bf7 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. Bg5+ Ke6 18. Bc4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0