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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ngQAf1wy"] [Date "2026.05.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.14"] [UTCTime "15:31:47"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Crab Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. h4 e5 2. a4 { A00 Crab Opening } c5 3. Ra3 h5 4. Rhh3 f5 5. Rhe3 f4 6. Re4 Qxh4 7. g3 d5 8. Rxe5+ Be7 9. gxh4 d4 10. Rxh5 Bxh4 11. Rxh4 d3 12. exd3 f3 13. Rh3 c4 14. Rxh8 Kf8 15. dxc4 b6 16. Rh3 Nf6 17. Rhxf3 g5 18. Rxf6+ Kg8 19. Rg6+ Kf7 20. Rxg5 Kf6 21. Rag3 b5 22. Rg6+ Ke7 23. Re3+ Kd7 24. Rg7+ Kc6 25. Re6+ Kc5 26. Re5+ Kc6 27. Rg8 Kb6 28. Rxc8 Ka6 29. Qh5 bxa4 30. Qh6+ Kb7 31. Qh7+ Kxc8 32. Rc5+ Kd8 33. Re5 Kc8 34. Re8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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