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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nvv1cfsW"] [Date "2026.02.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Dacian20244"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.19"] [UTCTime "16:38:40"] [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 Bc5 3. Qf3 f6 4. Qd5 Nh6 5. Qxc5 Rf8 6. b3 b6 7. Qd5 c6 8. Qe4 f5 9. Qxe5+ Qe7 10. Qc7 Na6 11. Qf4 Ng4 12. h3 Nf6 13. g4 fxg4 14. hxg4 Ng8 15. Qg3 Nf6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Qg4 d6 18. Qxh5+ Rf7 19. Qxh7 Rf8 20. Qg6+ Rf7 21. Rh8+ Qf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0