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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZHxiVOda"] [Date "2026.07.28"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.28"] [UTCTime "15:20:19"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Crab Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 e5 2. a4 { A00 Crab Opening } c5 3. Rh3 h5 4. Raa3 a5 5. Rae3 f6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Re4 f5 8. Rxe5+ Be7 9. Qxd4 Qc7 10. Ree3 d5 11. Qxd5 f4 12. Re4 Qxc2 13. Bd2 f3 14. Rxf3 Qxb2 15. Nc3 Bg4 16. Rfe3 Qa1+ 17. Nb1 b5 18. Qe5 Nf6 19. Qxe7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0