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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/D0aJZOAX"] [Date "2026.08.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.23"] [UTCTime "14:07:06"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C11"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 { C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation } Qb6 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 cxd4 10. b4 Nxb4 11. cxb4 Bxb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. Bd3 Ba6 15. Nb2 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Nc5 17. Nf2 Na4 18. O-O Nc3 19. Qg4 O-O 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. Qh4 Qa4 22. Ng4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Qc2 24. Rae1 d3 25. Rd1 h6 26. Nxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6 f6 28. exf6 Rc7 29. Ne5 Rh7 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. f7 Rg7 32. Qh6+ Rh7 33. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0