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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5KAyHccQ"] [Date "2025.12.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "radu123"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.26"] [UTCTime "16:38:48"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Bc4 Nd4 3. a4 Nc6 4. Qf3 Nh6 5. Na3 Ne5 6. Qe3 Nhg4 7. Qb3 Nxc4 8. Nxc4 b5 9. Qxb5 c6 10. Qb3 Nf6 11. d4 Nxe4 12. h4 Nf6 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. g3 a6 15. O-O-O Rb8 16. Qxb8 Bb7 17. Qxb7 c5 18. Qxa6 cxd4 19. Rxd4 e5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Nb6 fxe5 22. Rxd7 Qf6 23. Ne2 e4 24. Qa8+ Qd8 25. Qxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0