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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/oByeQ7iA"] [Date "2026.02.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Ion123"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.11"] [UTCTime "15:27:45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. h4 Nc6 3. Bg5 f6 4. Bc1 f5 5. Bf4 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qxe5+ Be7 8. Qxg7 Bxh4 9. Qxh8 Ke7 10. Qg7+ Ke6 11. Qxh7 Nf6 12. Qxh4 d5 13. Bg5 Qg8 14. Bxf6 Bd7 15. e3 Be8 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Bf3 Rd7 18. Qd4 b6 19. Bxd5+ Rxd5 20. Qh4 Qf8 21. Nc3 Qxf6 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Nxd5+ Ke6 24. Nxc7+ Kd6 25. Nxe8+ Ke7 26. Rd1 Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kxe8 28. Rxa7 b5 29. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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