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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xZlX2lWE"] [Date "2025.04.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "ioanlaur"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.04.08"] [UTCTime "14:38:27"] [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 } d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. Nh3 Bxh3 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. Qh5 Nxh5 7. b4 a5 8. bxa5 Rxa5 9. Nc3 e6 10. Bb2 Ra7 11. Ke2 Be7 12. gxh3 O-O 13. Na4 Rxa4 14. a3 Qa5 15. Bd4 Rxa3 16. Rae1 Bb4 17. Rb1 Bxd2 18. Rbd1 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Qb5+ 20. Ke1 Rxe3+ 21. Kf2 Qe2+ 22. Kg1 Qxd1+ 23. Kg2 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Re1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1