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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/36ILr6aS"] [Date "2026.02.12"] [Round "-"] [White "wining"] [Black "Mihaela221"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.02.12"] [UTCTime "14:42:35"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Bf4 Ne7 3. e3 Nbc6 4. Nd2 Nf5 5. Ngf3 e5 6. dxe5 Nb4 7. c3 b6 8. cxb4 Bb7 9. Bd3 g6 10. Qa4 Bc6 11. Qb3 Bd5 12. Qxd5 c6 13. Qc4 b5 14. Qc3 Rc8 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 O-O 18. e4 Nd6 19. Bxd6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Rce8 21. Bxf8 Re6 22. Qg7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0