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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/EJvTL9Gn"] [Date "2026.08.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.08.19"] [UTCTime "16:32:08"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bd2 d5 3. Bc3 b5 4. Qd3 Bc5 5. Qxb5+ c6 6. Qxc5 Ne7 7. Na3 O-O 8. O-O-O a5 9. Nc4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Qxc5 g5 12. Qc4 e5 13. dxe5 Nf5 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. Rd3 Bxg4 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Be1 Nc6 19. Qxc6 Bh3 20. Bxh3 Nxh2 21. Rxh2 g4 22. Bxg4 h6 23. Rxh6 Ra6 24. Qxa6 Kg7 25. Rh2 Rd4 26. Kb1 Rxg4 27. f3 Rg5 28. f4 Rf5 29. Rh3 Rxf4 30. Rg3+ Kf8 31. e6 fxe6 32. Qxe6 a4 33. Qd5 Rf7 34. Qb3 Rd7 35. Qc4 Rd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1