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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0YJoe2ud"] [Date "2025.09.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "ioanlaur"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.09.18"] [UTCTime "16:40:37"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B25"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation, Traditional"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B25 Sicilian Defense: Closed Variation, Traditional } 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bb5 a6 6. Nxd4 axb5 7. Ndxb5 Qa5 8. O-O e6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc7+ Qxc7 11. a4 O-O 12. Nb5 Qe5 13. f4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxe4 15. Rf2 Bxf2 16. Nc7 Rxa4 17. Rb1 Rd4 18. Qf1 Qxc2 19. Ra1 Rd1 20. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 21. Kh2 Qg1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1