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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9EIxr4kJ"] [Date "2025.06.19"] [Round "-"] [White "kmi_26"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.06.19"] [UTCTime "06:36:03"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "?"] [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 } Nh6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc4 Ng4 5. O-O d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bc5 8. d4 Bb4 9. Ng5 e5 10. c3 Bd6 11. a4 a5 12. Bd5 f6 13. Nf7 Qe7 14. Nxh8 b6 15. Bxa8 Ba6 16. Re1 exd4 17. Qxg4 Qxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1