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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5rsl7qCN"] [Date "2026.04.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Petrica"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.04.24"] [UTCTime "16:34:45"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 f6 4. a3 Ba5 5. b4 Bb6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 c5 8. bxc5 Ba5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 b5 11. Qd2 b4 12. Bxb4 a5 13. Bc3 d5 14. Qd3 Qe7+ 15. Kd2 Qe6 16. Nh4 Ne7 17. Bxa5 Ba6 18. Qh3 Qe4 19. f3 Qxd4+ 20. Kc1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 Qxa1+ 22. Kd2 Rxa5 23. Rxa1 Rxc5 24. Kd3 Rxc4 25. Rb1 Nec6 26. a4 Nd7 27. Qg4 Nde5+ 28. Ke3 Nd4 29. Qxg7 Rxc2 30. Rb7 Rc3+ 31. Kxd4 Rc4+ 32. Kxd5 Rb4 33. Qxh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0