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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9Z9DhOn3"] [Date "2025.11.04"] [Round "-"] [White "dumitrasstefan8"] [Black "Alexei03"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.04"] [UTCTime "16:39:43"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A03"] [Opening "Bird Opening: Horsefly Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. f4 Nh6 { A03 Bird Opening: Horsefly Defense } 2. e4 g6 3. g4 Bg7 4. h4 Nxg4 5. Be2 Bd4 6. Bxg4 Bxg1 7. Rxg1 h6 8. Qf3 g5 9. fxg5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rh4 11. Bh3 Rh7 12. Bf5 Rg7 13. g6 fxg6 14. Rxg6 Rxg6 15. Bxg6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0