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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/QU9qLdgI"] [Date "2026.03.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.27"] [UTCTime "17:31:07"] [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 } e5 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 e4 5. Qg4 Bxg4 6. h3 Bd7 7. Ne2 Bb4 8. Nd4 Be7 9. Nc3 Bh4 10. g3 Bf6 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 b5 13. Bb3 b4 14. Na4 c5 15. Nxc5 Bb5 16. Nb7 Qb6 17. Bxd5 b3 18. cxb3 Bd3 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 Be5 21. Nxe5 Na6 22. b4 Nf6 23. Rxd3 Nxb4 24. Rb3 Nfxd5 25. Nd6+ Qxd6 26. Nf3 Qxg3+ 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Kf1 Nc2 29. Rb5 Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1