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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6qohDbi0"] [Date "2026.07.10"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.10"] [UTCTime "17:12:20"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } d6 3. exd6 cxd6 4. Bb5+ Bd7 5. Bxd7+ Qxd7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O d5 10. d3 Bc5 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Re5 Bd4 14. Qh3 Bxe5 15. Nc3 Qd6 16. Ne4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1