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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/z2Z3jVSO"] [Date "2026.05.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.23"] [UTCTime "07:10:01"] [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 c5 3. dxc5 Bxc5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nf3 e5 8. g4 Nxg4 9. h3 Nf6 10. h4 exf4 11. h5 fxe3 12. Nc3 e2 13. Kxe2 Bg4 14. Kd2 d4 15. Na4 Bxh5 16. Nxc5 Bg6 17. Bb5 Qa5+ 18. Ke2 Qxb5+ 19. c4 Qb6 20. Qxd4 Nb4 21. Qe5+ Kd8 22. Rd1+ Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qa5 24. Qxa5+ b6 25. Qxb4 Re8+ 26. Kf1 Bh5 27. Bg5+ f6 28. Bxf6+ gxf6 29. Nb8+ Kc8 30. Nd7 a5 31. Qd6 Kb7 32. Qxf6 Bxf3 33. Nc5+ Kb8 34. Nd7+ Kc8 35. Qc6+ Kd8 36. Qxb6+ Ke7 37. Rd2 Bh5 38. Re2+ Kxd7 39. Qb7+ Kd8 40. Rd2# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0