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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0jSvOVZM"] [Date "2026.09.18"] [Round "-"] [White "BenjaminVrabie"] [Black "marindragutan"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.09.18"] [UTCTime "11:34:58"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 { C00 French Defense #2 } 2. Bc4 d5 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bd3 Nd7 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Ndf6 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Ne5 f6 9. Nc4 Bc5 10. Qf3 Ng5 11. Qg3 Ne4 12. Qh3 Bd6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh3 e5 15. Qe3 Nc5 16. Qe4 Nxe4 17. Re1 Nc5 18. Re3 b5 19. Na5 Bc7 20. Nxc6 Qd7 21. Rc3 Qxc6 22. Rb3 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Qxc1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1