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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/owE1NrP8"] [Date "2026.01.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Dacian20244"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.29"] [UTCTime "16:32:01"] [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. d4 d5 3. f3 f6 4. c3 c6 5. f4 f5 6. g3 g6 7. c4 c5 8. dxc5 dxc4 9. Bg2 Na6 10. b3 Nxc5 11. b4 Na6 12. Nc3 Nxb4 13. a3 Nd5 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qc2 b5 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bb2 Ngf6 18. h3 Nh5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qg2 Nf6 21. Nf3 Rb8 22. g4 fxg4 23. hxg4 Nxg4 24. Nxa4 Nxe3 25. Qe2 Bb4+ 26. Nd2 Rb5 27. Bxh8 Bxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rb3 29. Nc5 Qa5+ 30. Kc1 Qxc5 31. Rxh7 Kd8 32. Bg7 Bg4 33. Qf2 Rc3+ 34. Bxc3 Nd1 35. Qxc5 Nxc3 36. Rh8+ Kd7 37. Rxa7+ Ke6 38. Qe3+ Kf5 39. Rf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0