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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/kxzJ9eYo"] [Date "2025.09.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Eldar1"] [Black "Ariadna3"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.27"] [UTCTime "08:42:56"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Normal Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 { C00 French Defense: Normal Variation } Qf6 3. Be3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. f3 dxe4 6. fxe4 e5 7. Bd3 exd4 8. cxd4 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Qxd4 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Qxd4 cxb5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. Nxa8 a5 16. e5 f6 17. Nc7 fxe5 18. Qxe5 b6 19. Nxe6 Ke8 20. Qh5+ g6 21. Qe5 Be7 22. Qxh8 b4 23. Rd1 Kf7 24. Qg7+ Ke8 25. Qxg8+ Bf8 26. Qxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0