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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3zV7T5HU"] [Date "2026.04.11"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.11"] [UTCTime "10:28:03"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A02"] [Opening "Bird Opening: From's Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f4 e5 { A02 Bird Opening: From's Gambit } 2. e3 c5 3. fxe5 d6 4. exd6 Qxd6 5. e4 Bf5 6. exf5 g5 7. d4 cxd4 8. c3 dxc3 9. bxc3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. cxb4 a5 12. bxa5 Qd2+ 13. Qxd2 f6 14. g4 Nc6 15. Nc3 Nxa5 16. Nb5 Nb3 17. Bb2 Nc1 18. Bxc1 Rxa4 19. Rxa4 Bb4 20. Rxb4 Nh6 21. h4 gxh4 22. Nh3 Nxf5 23. gxf5 O-O 24. Qh6 Kh8 25. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0