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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/FQJT0lFy"] [Date "2025.05.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "david34"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.05.16"] [UTCTime "15:31:04"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Barnes Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 f6 { B00 Barnes Defense } 2. Nf3 g5 3. Bc4 g4 4. O-O gxf3 5. Qxf3 Nh6 6. Qh5+ Nf7 7. d4 h6 8. e5 d6 9. exf6 exf6 10. Qxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0