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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/c05b9zge"] [Date "2026.07.08"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.08"] [UTCTime "13:15:01"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Mikenas Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 Nc6 { A40 Mikenas Defense } 2. Bg5 f6 3. Bf4 e5 4. Bxe5 fxe5 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. a4 Bc5 7. b4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Nd3+ 10. Qxd3 d5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Bd7 13. Qe5+ Ne7 14. Ra3 O-O-O 15. Qc5 g5 16. Rc3 b6 17. Qxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0