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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Yb7cK46G"] [Date "2025.01.21"] [Round "-"] [White "M35"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.01.21"] [UTCTime "18:32:18"] [WhiteElo "1337"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. f4 { C00 French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation } Qh4+ 3. g3 Qh6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bd6 6. Nb5 c6 7. Nxd6+ Ke7 8. Nxc8+ Kd8 9. Qg4 Kxc8 10. d4 Nf6 11. e5 Nxg4 12. h3 Nf6 13. b4 Nd5 14. Bd3 Na6 15. Nf3 g6 16. O-O Ne3 17. a4 Nxf1 18. g4 Ne3 19. Bxe3 Nxb4 20. c3 Nxd3 21. g5 Qxh3 22. Nd2 Qxe3+ 23. Kf1 Qxd2 24. c4 b5 25. axb5 Rb8 26. Rxa7 Qf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1