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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1ZSHnGFw"] [Date "2026.06.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Chessmonkeys"] [Black "peelingoffmyskin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.05"] [UTCTime "12:38:27"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nf6 { B02 Alekhine Defense } 2. Nc3 g5 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Nxg5 hxg5 9. Qxg4 Nc6 10. Bxg5 Nb4 11. Rac1 e6 12. Bxd8 Rxd8 { Black resigns. } 1-0