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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/DLhkyHG8"] [Date "2026.07.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Margarint20"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.07.01"] [UTCTime "16:28:36"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nb5 O-O 7. Nh4 a5 8. Qf3 Ra6 9. d4 Bd7 10. Bf4 Re8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bg5 g6 13. Rae1 h5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. a4 Rc6 16. b3 Rxc4 17. c3 Re4 18. Bh6 Rf4 19. Qxb7 Rg4 20. Qf3 Rxh4 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. g3 Re7 23. gxh4 Nd3 24. Re3 Nxf2 25. Rxf2 Bxb5 26. Rxf6 Bxa4 27. bxa4 Rd7 28. c4 Rd2 29. Re5 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31. Kg1 Rd3 32. c5 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kh1 Qd3 35. c6 Qb1+ 36. Rf1 Qxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1