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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0N06dBTR"] [Date "2026.03.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Rose98"] [Black "Markits"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.05"] [UTCTime "13:32:09"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. Qe2 d5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. d4 Bb6 7. Nb5 Bd7 8. Nc3 Na6 9. h3 Nh6 10. g4 f5 11. g5 Nf7 12. Bf4 h6 13. g6 Ng5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Be3 f4 16. Bd2 Bxd4 17. O-O-O g4 18. Qxg4 Nb4 19. Qxf4 Bc5 20. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0