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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/2EAkSRGJ"] [Date "2025.08.18"] [Round "-"] [White "kmi_26"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.18"] [UTCTime "07:47:26"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 a5 4. Nd5 Ra6 5. Bxa6 bxa6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 f5 8. exf5 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. Qf7+ Be7 12. f6 Bb7 13. fxe7 Qc8 14. Nf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0