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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/g8PKR6pE"] [Date "2026.04.30"] [Round "-"] [White "RomanSereda"] [Black "Alex2017"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.30"] [UTCTime "16:43:29"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Qf3 Nh6 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Na5 5. Bb3 Nc4 6. Bxc4 Bg4 7. Qf4 Bh5 8. d3 Qd7 9. Qh4 O-O-O 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nc3 Kb8 12. f3 Bg7 13. O-O-O Qa4 14. Nxa4 f5 15. Qxh5 Be5 16. Qxf5 Bg7 17. Qf4 h5 18. Nc5 h4 19. Bb3 a5 20. Qa4 Kc8 21. Qxa5 e5 22. Qa8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0