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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PBSojy9L"] [Date "2026.04.25"] [Round "-"] [White "russuana"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.25"] [UTCTime "08:24:59"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } b5 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Na6 5. e4 Ng4 6. exd5 Rb8 7. h3 Nf6 8. Nxb5 Rb6 9. Bg5 Nxd5 10. Nxa7 f6 11. Bf4 Nxf4 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. c4 Nb8 14. c5 e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Re6 17. Bb5+ c6 18. Ba4 Bxc5 19. O-O Rf8 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Bxc6+ Qxc6 22. Rc1 Qxg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1