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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HFTaEXJX"] [Date "2025.11.08"] [Round "-"] [White "ioanlaur"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.11.08"] [UTCTime "20:55:59"] [WhiteElo "1216"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bb4+ 3. c3 Ba5 4. b4 Bb6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. a4 Na6 7. a5 Nxb4 8. axb6 axb6 9. Rxa8 Nc2+ 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. e5 Ne4 12. Rxc8+ Qd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. Qxe4 Re8 15. Qxb7 Re7 16. Ba6 f6 17. Qc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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