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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/lEsjZIik"] [Date "2025.07.30"] [Round "-"] [White "mat_eo"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.07.30"] [UTCTime "17:42:12"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [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 } Be7 3. Nc3 b6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. d4 b5 9. e5 a6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. d5 e5 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. b4 Bb7 15. a4 Re8 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Nd5 Re7 21. Nxf6+ Kf8 22. Nxd7+ Rxd7 23. Nf5 { Black resigns. } 1-0