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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/SdPYxCld"] [Date "2025.09.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Melania"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.27"] [UTCTime "10:29:12"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1369"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. d3 g6 6. g4 b6 7. Ba6 Bxa6 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Bd2 Nd4 12. Be3 f5 13. c3 f4 14. Bxd4 c6 15. c4 Qd6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Nf3 b5 18. O-O c5 19. cxb5 Bxb5 20. Ng5 Bxd3 21. Nf7 Kxf7 22. Rad1 c4 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Rxb4 Rxb4 26. a3 Ra4 27. g5 h6 28. gxh6 Rxh6 29. h4 Bxa3 30. h5 Ke7 31. Re1+ Kd7 32. hxg6 Kc7 33. g7 Kc8 34. Re7 Bb2 35. g8=Q# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0