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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/qENKw22y"] [Date "2025.03.19"] [Round "-"] [White "Black12"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.03.19"] [UTCTime "13:38:43"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [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 } Ke7 3. Nc3 Ke8 4. Ne5 Na6 5. Bc4 Qh4 6. O-O Rb8 7. Qf3 Ba3 8. d3 Bd6 9. Qxf7+ Kd8 10. Qxg7 Nf6 11. Qxh8+ Ke7 12. Be3 Qxe4 13. Rae1 Qc6 14. Nb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Ra8 18. Qxf6+ Kd6 19. c4 c6 20. Ba4 Nc7 21. Qe5+ Ke7 22. Qxc7 e5 23. Rxe5+ Kf8 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Qe7+ Kh6 26. Qf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0