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[Event "Casual Rapid game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/3ab534DD"] [Date "2025.10.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "kmi_26"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.10.17"] [UTCTime "07:16:51"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1361"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "600+0"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. gxf3 Qh4 6. Ne2 d5 7. exd5 Bc5 8. Rg1 Qxf2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1