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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Velcm5dh"] [Date "2025.07.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Albatros"] [Black "Artiom04"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.01"] [UTCTime "15:23:45"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "King's Knight Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 { C40 King's Knight Opening } Qg5 3. Nxg5 Be7 4. d3 Bxg5 5. Bxg5 Nh6 6. Bxh6 gxh6 7. Qh5 Rg8 8. Qxh6 Rg6 9. Qxh7 Re6 10. h4 Rb6 11. h5 Rxb2 12. h6 Rxc2 13. Qg7 Rc6 14. Qf6 Rxf6 15. h7 Rh6 16. Rxh6 Ke7 17. h8=Q Nc6 18. Qf6+ Kf8 19. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0