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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/A178NRlW"] [Date "2026.05.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Catalin17"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.02"] [UTCTime "10:13:57"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Englund Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e5 { A40 Englund Gambit } 2. c4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Qe7 6. Nf3 Qe6 7. e3 Qa6 8. c5 Qc6 9. Qc3 Qe6 10. Qxg7 Qe7 11. Qxh8 Qxc5 12. Qxg8+ Ke7 13. Nc3 Qd6 14. Qxc8 Qb4 15. Bd3 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc3 17. Qxb7 Qxd3 18. Qxa8 Na6 19. Rfd1 Qc3 20. Rac1 Qa3 21. Qxa7 Qxa2 22. Rxc7 Nxc7 23. Qxa2 Nb5 24. Ne5 Nc3 25. Qxf7+ Kd8 26. Qxd7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0