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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/g8fkieTb"] [Date "2026.08.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.22"] [UTCTime "08:34:21"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Qd1 Bd7 5. Na4 Na6 6. Nc5 Nxc5 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Bg5 b6 9. Nf3 bxc5 10. Qd3 f6 11. Qb3 O-O-O 12. Bc1 f5 13. Qa4 Re8 14. Qa6+ Kd8 15. Qa3 c4 16. Qe3 d4 17. Qxd4 Bd6 18. Qxc4 e5 19. Qd3 Bc5 20. Qxf5 Rf8 21. Qd3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 a6 23. Qxa6 Bf5 24. Qa8+ Ke7 25. Bg5+ Kf7 26. Bh3 h6 27. Rd1 hxg5 28. Bxf5 g6 29. O-O gxf5 30. Kh1 f4 31. Rd3 e4 32. Rb3 exf3 33. Rxf3 g4 34. Rxf4+ Kg7 35. Rxg4+ Kh7 36. Rfg1 Ne7 37. Rh4# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0