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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/XdYhZMSk"] [Date "2026.08.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vvictoria_Procopiuc1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.29"] [UTCTime "11:31:00"] [WhiteElo "?"] [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 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Bc4 d6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Ba3 Qd7 8. Bc1 d5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. d3 Qf5 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. O-O Bb6 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Qd7 15. gxh5 Qxh3 16. d6 cxd6 17. Be6+ Kb8 18. Bxh3 Nxh5 19. Ng5 Ne2+ 20. Qxe2 Ng3 21. fxg3 f6 22. Nd5 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 fxg5 24. Qxg5 h6 25. Qe7 Rh7 26. Qxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0