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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5AVUdmnU"] [Date "2025.08.13"] [Round "-"] [White "kmi_26"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.13"] [UTCTime "07:48:04"] [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. b4 Qf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bc4 Qg6 6. O-O Qh6 7. d3 Qh5 8. h4 Nf6 9. a4 O-O 10. Ng5 Rd8 11. a5 a6 12. Ba3 Ra7 13. Nd5 Bf8 14. Nxf6+ Kh8 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0