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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZrwpzqoZ"] [Date "2026.07.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Alexandru_10"] [Black "Margarint20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.27"] [UTCTime "16:35:57"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [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. Be2 Bd6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nh4 Qxh4 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bg4 O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. Nxe4 Nexg4 10. hxg4 Nxg4 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. Re1 Qh2+ 13. Kf1 d5 14. e4 d6 15. Qxg4 Qh1+ 16. Ke2 Qh6 17. Kd1 Bxg4+ 18. Re2 b5 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 Rae8 21. Rf3 Rxe4 22. Rxe4 dxe4 23. g3 d5 24. d4 exf3 25. axb5 a4 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27. b6 a3 28. b7 axb2 29. c3 b1=R+ 30. Kc2 Rh1 31. c4 h5 32. cxd5 h4 33. d6 h3 34. d7 h2 35. d8=Q Rg1 36. Qa5 h1=Q 37. b8=Q Rg2 38. Qb3 Rxf2+ 39. Kc3 Rg2 40. Qba3 f2 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0