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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/cEvk03yW"] [Date "2026.05.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.06"] [UTCTime "16:13:13"] [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 e4 3. Qh5 Ke7 4. Qxf7+ Kd6 5. Qd5+ Ke7 6. Qf7+ Kd6 7. Ne2 Nh6 8. Nf4 Nxf7 9. Bxf7 g5 10. Nh3 g4 11. Ng5 Bh6 12. Nxe4+ Ke5 13. d3 Rf8 14. f4+ Kf5 15. Bc4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nbc3 Bxf4 18. exf4 d5 19. Bxd5 Bd7 20. Bxb7 Nc6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. a4 Nd4 23. Ra3 Qg2 24. Nd5 Qe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1