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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/pdzfsUoH"] [Date "2026.05.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "marindragutan"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.05.15"] [UTCTime "16:28:54"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: French Connection } 3. Qh5 g6 4. Qb5 a6 5. Qc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Ng5 f6 10. Ne4 f5 11. Ng5 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Qb3 Be6 14. c4 Nf4 15. Qxb7 Bd7 16. b4 Bc8 17. Qxc6 Bd7 18. Qb7 Bd6 19. g3 Re8+ 20. Kd1 Ba4# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1