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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lE0LxWxu"] [Date "2026.01.26"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "kmi_26"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.26"] [UTCTime "13:01:45"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1576"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Mikenas Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 Nc6 { A40 Mikenas Defense } 2. d5 Nb4 3. a3 Na6 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 e5 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. e5 Nc5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 fxe5 10. b3 Nf6 11. Bc4 Bf5 12. Ng5 d5 13. Bb5+ c6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Nf7 Kxf7 16. Bxf5 g6 17. Bh3 Nfe4 18. b4 Na6 19. O-O Qh4 20. Qf3+ Ke8 21. g3 Qxh3 22. Qd1 d4 23. Nd2 dxe3 24. Nxe4 g5 25. Nf6+ Ke7 26. Qd3 Kxf6 27. Rad1 exf2+ 28. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 29. Ke1+ Kg7 30. Qf5 Qxg3+ 31. Ke2 Qg2+ 32. Ke1 Qg3+ 33. Kd2 Qg2+ 34. Kc1 Qxf1 35. Rxf1 Rh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ Bg7 38. Qd6 Re8 39. Qg6 Re7 40. Qd6 Bf8 41. Rxf8+ Kg7 42. Qf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0