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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/nYaBJFCw"] [Date "2026.04.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "ANS"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.04.17"] [UTCTime "15:14:44"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C61"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 { C61 Ruy Lopez: Bird Variation } 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. d3 c6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h4 b5 10. g4 h6 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Ne8 13. Qh3 Be5 14. Kg2 d6 15. Rh1 Bxh3+ 16. Kxh3 d5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 19. Na3 Qxh1+ 20. Kg4 f6 21. b3 fxg5 22. Bb2 Qg2+ 23. Kh5 Rf5 24. Kg6 Rf6+ 25. Kh5 g4 26. Kg5 Qxf2 27. Kxg4 Qf4+ 28. Kh3 Rg6 { White resigns. } 0-1