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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/x5hwh1cQ"] [Date "2025.09.06"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "ioanlaur"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.09.06"] [UTCTime "07:47:55"] [WhiteElo "?"] [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 } c5 2. Bb5 a6 3. Bc4 b5 4. Bd5 Nc6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Qf3 Bb7 7. Nc3 e6 8. Ne4 Nf6 9. Qf4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Be7 11. d3 Qd5 12. Qg4 Bf6 13. e4 Qd6 14. Bf4 Be5 15. c4 Bxf4 16. cxb5 cxb5 17. h4 O-O-O 18. Nh3 Qxd3 19. Nxf4 Qxe4+ 20. Kf1 Rd2 21. Qh5 Rhd8 22. Nxe6 Qxg2+ 23. Ke1 Qxh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1