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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/dLHNM2uY"] [Date "2026.01.01"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "ariana"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.01"] [UTCTime "15:16:45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C40"] [Opening "Elephant Gambit"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 { C40 Elephant Gambit } 3. Ba6 Nxa6 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6 6. O-O Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Nf6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Qe2 f6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bxe5 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Rxe5 Bd7 16. Rd1 Bc6 17. b4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. c4 Rd1+ 20. Re1 Rxe1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1