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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/iG9VzWR4"] [Date "2026.02.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Rose98"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.26"] [UTCTime "16:27:31"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } Bc5 3. d4 Bb6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e5 6. Nxe5 Qh4 7. g3 Qf6 8. f4 g5 9. Bc4 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Nh6 11. Bxh6 Qxh6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. O-O+ Ke7 14. Nb5 Rg8 15. d6+ Kd8 16. e5 Rg6 17. Qf3 Ke8 18. Rae1 Qh3 19. g4 Rh6 20. Qxh3 Rxh3 21. e6 dxe6 22. Bxe6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6+ Kd7 24. Re7+ Kc6 25. Rff7 c4+ 26. Kg2 Rh6 27. d7 Nxd7 28. Rxd7 Kxb5 29. Rxb7 Rg8 30. h3 Re6 31. Kf3 h5 32. Rh7 hxg4+ 33. hxg4 Rd8 34. Rh5+ Kb4 35. c3+ Ka4 36. b3+ Ka3 37. bxc4 Kxa2 38. c5 Ba5 39. c6 Rxc6 40. Rxa5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0