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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/du8SUuY8"] [Date "2025.12.19"] [Round "-"] [White "radu2025"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.19"] [UTCTime "16:52:04"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1369"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Qh5 g6 3. Qe5 d6 4. Qxh8 Qf6 5. Qxg8 Qg7 6. Qxg7 Bxg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh7 Nd7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. O-O Bxd3 15. cxd3 Ne5 16. Na4 Nxd3 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxd3 b5 19. Nf4 Be5 20. Nd3 Re8 21. Re1 f6 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxe8+ Kc7 24. Nc5 Kb6 25. Ne6 a5 26. Nd8 Kc5 27. Nb7+ Kc4 28. b3+ Kb4 29. a3+ Kxb3 30. Re3+ Ka4 31. Nc5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0