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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/tXlHrlAy"] [Date "2026.03.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Ion123"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.16"] [UTCTime "16:31:05"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Mikenas Variation } 3. g3 e5 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. Bb5+ Qd7 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Bg5 Nf3+ 8. Nxf3 d5 9. e5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Nh6 12. Bh4 Nf5 13. g4 Nxh4 14. Nxh4 h5 15. gxh5 Rxh5 16. Nf3 Rxe5+ 17. Nxe5 b5 18. Qxd5 O-O-O 19. Qxf7 Rg8 20. Qxg8+ Be8 21. Qxe8+ Kb7 22. Qc6+ Kc8 23. Nxb5 Kb8 24. Nd7+ Kc8 25. Nb6+ Kb8 26. Qxc7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0