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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1lpBMmlu"] [Date "2026.02.03"] [Round "-"] [White "LucasSova"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.03"] [UTCTime "17:34:16"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Bd6 3. Qf3 Bc5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Ba5 6. d5 c6 7. dxe6 dxe6 8. a4 Nh6 9. g4 Na6 10. g5 Ng8 11. b4 Nxb4 12. cxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 f6 14. gxf6 gxf6 15. e5 fxe5 16. Bd3 Bc3 17. Ke3 Bxa1 18. Be2 Qb6+ 19. Kd2 Qxb1 20. Bd3 Qa2+ 21. Kd1 Qxa4+ 22. Ke1 Bc3+ 23. Kf1 Qa1 24. Be2 Qxc1+ 25. Kg2 Nh6 26. Qg3 Nf5 27. Qh3 Qg5+ 28. Kf1 b5 29. Nf3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qa3 31. Nxe5 b4 32. Bh5+ Kf8 33. Qg4 Nh6 34. Qg5 Nf7 35. Qf6 Rg8+ 36. Kf1 b3 37. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0