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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/6zp9Yame"] [Date "2026.05.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.16"] [UTCTime "08:38:26"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f4 e6 2. e4 { C00 French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation } d5 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. e5 Bxb5 5. Nc3 Ba6 6. Nb5 Nc6 7. Nc3 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nf3 Bc5 10. d4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Rf3 Qc6 15. f5 exf5 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Qb4+ Kg8 19. Rxf5 d4 20. Qe7 dxc3 21. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0