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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/jfJqZ7Nx"] [Date "2026.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "radu123"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.19"] [UTCTime "16:33:40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1662"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 d6 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bd3 dxe5 6. b4 Bxb4 7. c3 Bc5 8. Ba3 O-O 9. Bxc5 Nfd7 10. Bb4 a5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. f4 b5 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 exf4 15. exf4 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Bb2 Qxg2 18. Rf1 Qxh2 19. Rf2 Qg3 20. Qc2 Nb6 21. Bb5 cxb5 22. Qc3 Qc7 23. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0