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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Hk4ih8vQ"] [Date "2025.09.18"] [Round "-"] [White "leonid1964sah21"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.09.18"] [UTCTime "17:15:11"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C05"] [Opening "French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 { C05 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Closed Variation } 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Qxe4 f6 8. exf6 gxf6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Ne2 f5 14. Bxe6+ Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Rf7 16. Qxc6 Re7 17. Qf3 Qe8 18. Be3 Bh6 19. O-O Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3 21. Qxf5 Rxe2 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rf7 Qxf7 24. Rf1 Qd5 25. h3 Rg8 26. Qf3 Rexg2+ 27. Kh1 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rg1+ 29. Kh2 R8g2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1