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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/I9g9oNGW"] [Date "2026.06.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Margarint20"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.06.22"] [UTCTime "07:24:01"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Bb4+ 3. Nc3 Nh6 4. Bc4 O-O 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. O-O Ba5 7. Ne5 Qd8 8. Qf3 b6 9. d5 Bb7 10. dxe6 dxe6 11. Ng4 Re8 12. e5 Rf8 13. Bd3 a6 14. Qe3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nxg4 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Qh3 Qh6 19. Ne4 c5 20. Ng5 Ra7 21. Bf4 Rd7 22. Rae1 Rd4 23. Qg3 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Qf6 25. Re4 Qxb2 26. Re2 Qxa2 27. Qh4 Nc6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. c4 b5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Qd5+ 32. f3 Rf6 33. Bd3 Rf8 34. h3 Qxd3 35. f4 Nb4 36. Qxh7+ Qxh7 37. Nxh7 Kxh7 38. h4 c4 39. h5 c3 40. f5 c2 41. fxe6 c1=Q 42. e7 Qc2+ 43. Kh1 Bc7 44. exf8=N+ Kh6 45. Rg1 Qh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1