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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/JOPxb2z6"] [Date "2026.02.05"] [Round "-"] [White "kmi_26"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.05"] [UTCTime "15:03:36"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Damiano Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation } 4. Qe2 d6 5. Qxe4 dxe5 6. Qxe5+ Be7 7. Qxg7 Bf6 8. Qg3 Qd6 9. Qe3+ Qe5 10. Nc3 Qxe3+ 11. dxe3 O-O 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Bh4 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Nc5 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Rf8+ 19. Kg1 Ne5 20. Nxe6 Rf6 21. Nxc7 Rd6 22. c3 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Nd3+ 24. Ke2 Nxc1+ 25. Kxd1 Nb3 26. axb3 a5 27. Rxa5 Kf7 28. c4 b6 29. Ra7 h5 30. Nd5+ Ke6 31. Nxb6 Kf5 32. c5 Kg4 33. c6 h4 34. c7 h3 35. gxh3+ Kxh3 36. c8=Q+ Kxh2 37. Rg7 Kh1 38. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0