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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/sjbHA3Qz"] [Date "2025.06.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vvictoria_Procopiuc1"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.06.27"] [UTCTime "17:32:23"] [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 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Bxb4 axb4 5. c4 e5 6. dxe5 d6 7. exd6 Nf6 8. dxc7 Bg4 9. cxd8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0