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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/COUftE8l"] [Date "2025.12.21"] [Round "-"] [White "DK"] [Black "Matvei2016"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.21"] [UTCTime "16:11:40"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C46"] [Opening "Four Knights Game: Italian Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 { C46 Four Knights Game: Italian Variation } Ng8 5. Nb5 Rb8 6. O-O Nh6 7. Ng5 Ng4 8. Qxg4 h6 9. Qh5 g6 10. Bxf7+ Ke7 11. Qxg6 hxg5 12. d4 d5 13. Bxg5+ Kd7 14. Qe6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0