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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/JXmlZ0eR"] [Date "2025.05.26"] [Round "-"] [White "IanisB"] [Black "Albatros"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.05.26"] [UTCTime "15:38:10"] [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. e4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Nxg4 10. Kg2 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Bxf2 12. Kxf2 Nd4 13. h4 Bxf3 14. Qg1 Qxh4+ 15. Qg3 Qh1 16. Nd5 h5 17. Nf4 h4 18. Nd5 hxg3+ 19. Kxg3 Qg2+ 20. Kh4 Qg4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1