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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/0tJidJ5A"] [Date "2026.03.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.03.29"] [UTCTime "15:44:58"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxd8 Kxd8 4. Qd3 f5 5. Qh3 Ke7 6. Qh4+ Kf7 7. Qd8 Kg7 8. Nf3 e5 9. Nh4 Nc6 10. Qe8 Kh6 11. Nxg6 Nf6 12. Qf7 exd4 13. Nc3 Ne5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. e4 Ne3 16. Bc4 Nxg2+ 17. Kd1 Ne1 18. Kxe1 d3 19. Be6 Nc4 20. Bxf5 Nxb2 21. Nf4 dxc2 22. Nd3 c1=Q+ 23. Nxc1 Nd1 24. Kxd1 d5 25. Bxh7 dxe4 26. Qf3 e3 27. Qf4+ Kh5 28. Qg3 Be7 29. Qf3+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ Kxh7 31. Qf5+ Kh6 32. Rg1 Bh4 33. Rg4 b5 34. Rxh4+ Kg7 35. Rxh8 Bb7 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Rxa8 b4 38. Qh5+ Ke7 39. Rxa7 Kf8 40. Rxb7 Kg8 41. Rxc7 Kf8 42. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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