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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/GRbOVnef"] [Date "2026.06.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.04"] [UTCTime "15:37:52"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Ng5 Nb4 4. f4 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. c3 Nd5 7. Be2 Nxe3 8. Bxe3 Bxd4 9. Bxd4 Nf6 10. Bh5 Nxh5 11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Be5 d6 13. Bd4 Nxf4 14. Nxh7 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 e5 16. Bg1 Qf6+ 17. Nxf6+ Ke7 18. Nxg8+ Ke6 19. Kxg2 Bd7 20. Nh6 Rg8+ 21. Nxg8 Ba4 22. Qxa4 e4 23. Qxe4+ Kd7 24. Nf6+ Kc8 25. Qe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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