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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Y01Nvhib"] [Date "2025.08.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "kmi_26"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.08.19"] [UTCTime "15:04:19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1361"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Crab Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 e5 2. a4 { A00 Crab Opening } Bb4 3. e4 Nf6 4. f4 d6 5. g3 Nxe4 6. Bh3 O-O 7. Rh2 exf4 8. b3 fxg3 9. Ne2 gxh2 10. Nd4 Qxh4+ 11. Ke2 Qf2+ 12. Kd3 d5 13. Ne2 Bxh3 14. Ng1 hxg1=N 15. Qh5 Nc6 16. Ra2 Qd4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1