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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/dFgjE0kL"] [Date "2025.08.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Black12"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.04"] [UTCTime "08:31:54"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B02"] [Opening "Alekhine Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nf6 { B02 Alekhine Defense } 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 h5 4. Bg5 g6 5. e5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 Nd5 7. Nxd5 c5 8. c4 Rg8 9. Nf3 Rg7 10. Bd3 b5 11. b3 b4 12. g3 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Be3 Rf7 15. g4 hxg4 16. Nd4 Bd6 17. Bh6 Rh7 18. f3 Rxh6 19. fxg4 f5 20. g5 f4 21. Qg4 Rh8 22. h3 f3 23. Qxf3 Qxg5 24. Kd1 Qd8 25. Bxg6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0