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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0caZ1jfA"] [Date "2026.07.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Margarint20"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.05"] [UTCTime "10:31:10"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [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 } Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d3 b5 5. Nxb5 dxe4 6. dxe4 Nxe4 7. Bd3 f5 8. O-O Ba6 9. Bc4 Bc5 10. Ne5 Qf6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh6 Qxe5 13. Bg5 Qxb2 14. Rab1 Qxc2 15. Rbe1 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 17. Kh1 Qxe1+ 18. Bf1 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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