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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gEwZMFog"] [Date "2026.01.14"] [Round "-"] [White "kmi_26"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.14"] [UTCTime "08:03:34"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Crab Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. a4 e5 2. h4 { A00 Crab Opening } Bd6 3. Nc3 Qe7 4. Nb5 Nc6 5. e4 a6 6. Nxd6+ Qxd6 7. Qf3 Nh6 8. d3 Nd4 9. Qd1 O-O 10. c3 Nb3 11. Qxb3 Re8 12. Bxh6 Qxh6 13. Nf3 Re6 14. g3 Rb6 15. Qa3 Qf6 16. Bg2 Qe6 17. O-O d5 18. Ng5 Qe7 19. Qxe7 Bg4 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. exd5 Rg8 22. Qxc7 Rf6 23. Qxe5 Rff8 24. Be4 Bh5 25. f4 h6 26. d6 hxg5 27. Qxg5 g6 28. Qh6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0