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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LVvVBx6N"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Daniel2020"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.20"] [UTCTime "17:37:19"] [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. f4 c6 3. h4 d6 4. b4 e5 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. dxe5 f6 7. e6 Bxe6 8. Rh3 Bxb4+ 9. Bd2 a5 10. Rg3 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qb6 12. Rxg7 Qxg1 13. Na3 Bd5 14. O-O-O Bxg2 15. Bxg2 Qb6 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0