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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ZkMbwhfE"] [Date "2026.03.03"] [Round "-"] [White "russuana"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.03"] [UTCTime "18:38:22"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "English Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 b6 { A40 English Defense #2 } 2. e4 Bb7 3. Qg4 Nc6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qh4 d6 6. Bg5 Qd7 7. Nc3 a6 8. Rd1 h6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. e5 f5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Nf3 Ra7 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. d6 Nxc2+ 16. Kf1 Bd4 17. dxc7 a5 18. Bb3 b5 19. Bxc2 Ra6 20. Rxd4 Rd6 21. Nxb5 h5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Rxd6 Qe5 24. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0