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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/1xL0YcJv"] [Date "2026.02.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad220117"] [Black "ioan20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.24"] [UTCTime "07:28:44"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1759"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nb4 5. e5 Nfd5 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. c4 Nf4 8. Rg1 Bc5 9. d4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Nd3+ 11. Kf1 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf4 13. Qxf4 g5 14. Nxg5 Rf8 15. Nxh7 Rh8 16. Nf6+ Kf8 17. Ng4 Rh4 18. g3 Rh3 19. Nh6 Rxh6 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21. Re1 d5 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. Bd3 Qxd4 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Bg6+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0