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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5JiTWvjf"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.03.31"] [UTCTime "15:28:51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. c3 Bc5 5. Ba3 Bxa3 6. Nxa3 Qe7 7. Qc1 Nc6 8. Nc4 b6 9. Ne3 d6 10. Bc4 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bc4 b5 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. f3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. d4 Qc4 20. dxe5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 O-O-O 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qb1 b4 24. cxb4 Qb5 25. a4 Qb6 26. a5 Qc7 27. a6 Rd2 28. Qc1 Qd7 29. b5 Kc7 30. bxc6 Qd8 31. Qc5 Qd3 32. Qxa7+ Kxc6 33. Qxg7 Kb6 34. Qxh8 Qc2 35. Qxg8 h5 36. Qxe6+ Kc7 37. e5 Rxg2 38. Qe7+ Kb8 39. a7+ Ka8 40. Rad1 Rxh2+ 41. Kg1 Qg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1
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