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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/qDjWYr3T"] [Date "2026.03.05"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "radu123"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.05"] [UTCTime "16:31:07"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1662"] [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 } Nf6 3. Ne5 Nxe4 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Nd3 Nc6 6. b3 Na5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. b4 f5 10. b5 Na5 11. h4 c6 12. b6 axb6 13. Nc1 Bd6 14. Nd3 O-O 15. g4 Kg7 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Qxf5 Re8+ 18. Be2 Re7 19. Rg1+ Kf8 20. Qg4 Nc4 21. Qg8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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