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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ULAwNwjn"] [Date "2026.06.20"] [Round "-"] [White "russuana"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.20"] [UTCTime "07:34:04"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c3 c5 3. dxc5 Na6 4. f4 Nxc5 5. e3 Na4 6. b3 Nxc3 7. Nxc3 e5 8. fxe5 d6 9. e6 fxe6 10. Nb5 a6 11. Nd4 e5 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Bc4 d5 15. Bb5+ axb5 16. Nxe5 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Ne4 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qf3 Ke7 20. Qe2 Ke8 21. a3 Ke7 22. Ng4 Qf8+ 23. Nf2 Nxf2 24. Qxb5 Rd8 25. Qxb7+ Rd7 26. Qb6 Nxh1+ 27. Ke2 Ng3+ 28. Kd1 Bg4+ 29. Kc2 Bf5+ 30. Kb2 Qf6+ 31. Ka2 Qe6 32. Qxb4+ Kf6 33. Qa4 Rc7 34. b4 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Rd8 36. Qb5 Ra8 37. Rc5 Qxe3 38. Rxd5 Qe2+ 39. Kb3 Qc2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1