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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MXypXljz"] [Date "2026.06.12"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.12"] [UTCTime "14:37:19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steiner Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. c4 { C00 French Defense: Steiner Variation } d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. exd5 c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. f4 Nd4 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qh3 Nc2+ 11. Kf2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Rb1 Nxa3 15. Bxa3 Be4 16. Ke2 Bxb1 17. Qe3+ Ne7 18. Nf3 h5 19. Nh4 f6 20. Nxg6 Rg8 21. Bxe7 Qa5 22. d3 Rxg6 23. d4 Qa2+ 24. Kf3 Rc8 25. Bb5+ Kf7 26. Rf1 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxg2+ 28. Ke3 a6 29. Rxb1 axb5 30. Rxb5 Kxe7 31. Qc7+ Ke8 32. d5 Kf8 33. Rxb7 Rg7 34. Qc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0