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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/ztGFyvqq"] [Date "2025.12.23"] [Round "-"] [White "Ion123"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.23"] [UTCTime "15:36:49"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C20"] [Opening "King's Pawn Game: Tortoise Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bd3 { C20 King's Pawn Game: Tortoise Opening } Nc6 3. Nh3 Nb4 4. c3 Nxd3+ 5. Ke2 Nc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na3 Be6 8. b4 Na6 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. Ng5 Kd8 11. c4 Be7 12. Nxf7+ Ke8 13. Nxh8 Nxb4 14. Ke1 a6 15. Qh5+ Bf7 16. Qxf7+ Kd8 17. Qxg8+ Bf8 18. Qxf8+ Qe8 19. Bg5+ Kc8 20. Qxe8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0