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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/BQCoAVkL"] [Date "2025.12.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "radu123"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.23"] [UTCTime "16:31:05"] [WhiteElo "?"] [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 } Nf6 2. Bc4 b5 3. Bxb5 c6 4. Bf1 Na6 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Bc4 Nd6 7. Bb3 Nb5 8. Qf3 Nd4 9. Qd1 Nc5 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bf1 Ba6 12. f3 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Rb8 14. f4 Rb7 15. Nf3 Nf5 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nxc6 Qd6 18. Na5 Rb5 19. b3 Rxa5 20. b4 Qxf4+ 21. Ke1 Rb5 22. g3 Qb8 23. Na3 Rxb4 24. Nb1 Re4+ 25. Kf1 Nxg3+ 26. Kg1 Nxh1 27. Kxh1 Rh4 28. Ba3 Qxh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1