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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/RCsCBc8S"] [Date "2026.06.13"] [Round "-"] [White "samii77r"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.06.13"] [UTCTime "11:17:35"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "Rat Defense: Small Center Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 e6 { C00 Rat Defense: Small Center Defense } 3. h4 e5 4. Bg5 f6 5. Bb5+ Ke7 6. d5 c5 7. b4 fxg5 8. Qh5 b6 9. hxg5 g6 10. Qh4 cxb4 11. Bc6 b5 12. Bxa8 b3 13. axb3 Kd7 14. Bc6+ Kc7 15. Rxa7+ Kb6 16. Ra1 Kc5 17. Qg3 Be7 18. Qe3+ Kb4 19. c3+ Kxb3 20. Ra3+ Kb2 21. Qe2+ Kxb1 22. Qa2+ Kc1 23. Ne2# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0