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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/s3jDk3PB"] [Date "2026.08.21"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.21"] [UTCTime "16:21:43"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. e3 d5 3. c3 Bd6 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Qc2 b5 6. Bxb5+ c6 7. Bxc6+ Nxc6 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. Na3 O-O-O 10. e4 a5 11. exd5 exd5+ 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Bh6 gxh6 15. Rfb1 Nxd4 16. cxd4+ Kb8 17. Qb3+ Kc7 18. Qc3+ Kd7 19. Qxa5 Rc8 20. Qxd5 Nf6 21. Ne5+ Ke8 22. Qa5 Bxa3 23. Qxa3 Be2 24. Re1 Qxe5 25. dxe5 Ne4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe2 Nxf2 28. Rxf2 Ra8 29. Re2 Rxa3 30. Rxe6+ Kd7 31. Ree1 Raa8 32. a3 Kc8 33. Ra2 Kd8 34. Rd1+ Ke8 35. Re1+ Kf8 36. Rf1+ Kg8 37. Rf3 h5 38. Rg3+ Kf8 39. a4 Rxa4 40. Rxa4 Rg8 41. Ra8+ Kf7 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Rxg8 h6 44. Rh8 Kd6 45. Ra6+ Kd7 46. Rh7+ Kd8 47. Ra8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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