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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/8frRtLgH"] [Date "2026.07.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.02"] [UTCTime "14:32:42"] [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 } d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bb5+ c6 5. Ba4 Ne7 6. O-O Nf5 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Qe1+ Be6 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 d4 11. Ne4 b5 12. Bb3 Nd7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nf6+ Qxf6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Be7 Rf7 17. Bd6 a5 18. a4 Rd8 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Bc7 Rc8 21. Bxa5 Nxc5 22. Bb6 Qh6 23. Ne5 Rf6 24. Bxc5 Rg6 25. Bxd4 Rg5 26. Be3 Rxc2 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Qd1 Nh4 29. Qxc2 Qxg2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1