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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lQg6ib96"] [Date "2025.12.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "kmi_26"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.12.16"] [UTCTime "12:03:43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1576"] [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. Qh5 Bd6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. f3 h5 7. Bb3 Nb4 8. f4 c5 9. Qf3 Qa5 10. a4 Ng4 11. e4 f5 12. d3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Rf8 14. Qe3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. g3 Rxe4+ 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Nd2 Qxd2+ 20. Ne2 Qxe2+ 21. Kg1 Ne5 22. Bf7+ Nxf7 23. g4 Qxg4+ 24. Kf1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Re2 26. c3 Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1