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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/4If6ME0s"] [Date "2025.04.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Artiom04"] [Black "Matthias02"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.04.16"] [UTCTime "09:30:45"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "Portuguese Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bb5 { C20 Portuguese Opening } c5 3. Qf3 Qh4 4. Qa3 Qxe4+ 5. Ne2 Qxc2 6. O-O Qxc1 7. Rxc1 Nc6 8. Rxc5 d5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Rxc6 Rb8 11. Qxa7 Rxb2 12. Rxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0