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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/xbi5c9Wl"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Ion123"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "18:26:59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van Geet Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. Nc3 { A00 Van Geet Opening } d6 2. Nf3 Be6 3. a3 Qd7 4. d3 Nc6 5. e3 Bf5 6. h3 O-O-O 7. Nh4 Be6 8. Nf3 Na5 9. Na4 Qxa4 10. b3 Qc6 11. Ne5 dxe5 12. d4 e4 13. f3 Nxb3 14. Qd2 Nxa1 15. Bb2 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Nh6 17. Bd5 Rxd5 18. Bxa1 exf3 19. h4 f2+ 20. Ke2 f1=R 21. Kd3 Rxa1 22. Rb1 Rxd4+ 23. Ke2 Rxd2+ 24. Kf1 Rxb1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1