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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/hnY553rs"] [Date "2026.01.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.29"] [UTCTime "16:27:30"] [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 } e6 2. Na3 d5 3. d4 f6 4. Nb1 e5 5. e4 dxe4 6. f3 Be7 7. fxe4 f5 8. exf5 Bh4+ 9. g3 Be7 10. dxe5 Bb4+ 11. c3 Be7 12. Nf3 g6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nb3 c4 15. Bxc4 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. fxg6 Bxh1 18. Nd4 a6 19. Qe2 hxg6 20. Qf1 Bc6 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Bxg6+ Kd7 23. Bf5+ Kc7 24. Be4 Qd7 25. Qc4 b5 26. Qc5 Bxc5 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Bg5 Qe4+ 29. Be3 Qxe3+ 30. Kf1 Qc1+ 31. Ke2 Re8 32. Kd3 Rd8+ 33. Ke4 Rxh2 34. Kf3 Qe3+ 35. Kg4 Nh6# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1