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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/gVwRta9O"] [Date "2025.07.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Catalin17"] [Black "g_c"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.07.23"] [UTCTime "14:26:14"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B29"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { B29 Sicilian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation, Closed Variation } Nc6 4. Bb5 e6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Ne5 Bd6 7. Qh5 Bxe5 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. dxc3 e5 11. Qb5 Nxe4 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Bd5 14. h3 g6 15. h4 Rb8 16. Qa6 Qxh4 17. Bh6 Qxh6 18. Rae1 Nd6 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Qxc5 Nb7 21. Qxd5 cxd5 22. Rxe5 Rxc2 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Rb5 Rc1 25. Rxb7 Rdd1 26. Rb6 Rxf1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1