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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NY4LGlG1"] [Date "2026.05.29"] [Round "-"] [White "russuana"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.29"] [UTCTime "16:31:27"] [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. c3 Ba5 4. b4 Bb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Nce7 8. Bd3 g5 9. O-O f5 10. Nxg5 c5 11. d6 Nd5 12. Bxf5 Nxc3 13. Qe1+ Kf8 14. Qxc3 cxb4 15. Qxh8 Bd4 16. Qxh7 Bxa1 17. Qf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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