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[Event "Rated Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/52OI7j9f"] [Date "2020.10.06"] [Round "-"] [White "P_S537"] [Black "DavidR"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2020.10.06"] [UTCTime "11:31:35"] [WhiteElo "1441"] [BlackElo "1287"] [WhiteRatingDiff "+7"] [BlackRatingDiff "-9"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Goldsmith Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 h5 { B00 Goldsmith Defense } 2. Bb5 c6 3. Bc4 Nh6 4. Nc3 Ng8 5. Qf3 a5 6. Bxf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0