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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/l1WPbZ5l"] [Date "2025.09.27"] [Round "-"] [White "MaximBasac2015"] [Black "Tricolici"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.09.27"] [UTCTime "09:36:17"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1369"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 Ng4 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Bf4 Nd7 13. Bxc7 Bc5 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Re1 f5 16. Bd6 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Rf6 18. Bg3 Bxe1 19. Qxe1 Nc5 20. Bh4 Re8 21. Qf2 Rh6 22. Qxc5 Ra8 23. Qc4+ Kg7 24. h3 Ne3 25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Qxe3 Re8 27. Qxh6 Rf8 28. Be7 Rf7 29. Qe6 Be8 30. Ng5 h6 31. Nxf7 Bxf7 32. Qxh6 b6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Qxf7+ Kh6 35. Qg8 Kh5 36. Qg5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0