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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5AsV3xBo"] [Date "2026.09.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Ionela9"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.09.29"] [UTCTime "15:34:48"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } d6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Ne7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Nf5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Ne7 13. Ne5 h6 14. Bf4 Re8 15. Qh5 b6 16. Nb5 Be6 17. Rad1 a6 18. Nc3 g6 19. Qxh6 Nf5 20. Bxe8 Qxe8 21. Qg5 Be7 22. Qg4 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Qh3 Qc4 25. g4 Qxf4 26. Rfe1 d4 27. Ne2 Qe5 28. gxf5 Qxf5 29. Qh6 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Bd5+ 31. f3 Bxf3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1