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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/pfhrTfkq"] [Date "2026.08.01"] [Round "-"] [White "david781"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.01"] [UTCTime "15:45:21"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 { B23 Sicilian Defense: Closed } 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 a6 5. d3 b5 6. Bxb5 axb5 7. Nxb5 Be7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. d4 Nc4 15. e5 Nd5 16. b3 Na5 17. c4 Ne7 18. b4 Nxc4 19. Qd3 Qc7 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Rac1 Qxd4 22. Rxc8 Rfxc8 23. Rd1 Ng6 24. Rxd4 Nxe5 25. Rxd7 Rc6 26. b5 Rxa2 27. g3 Bd4 28. bxc6 Ng6 29. Rd8+ Nf8 30. c7 Bc5 31. c8=Q Bd4 32. Rxf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0