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[Event "Casual King of the Hill game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/5zCIW2Ve"] [Date "2026.01.15"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "Dacian20244"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.15"] [UTCTime "16:49:37"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "King of the Hill"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "English Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 b6 { A40 English Defense #2 } 2. Kd2 Bb7 3. Kd3 f6 4. d5 c5 5. b4 f5 6. bxc5 bxc5 7. Nc3 Kf7 8. Na4 Kf6 9. f4 e5 10. Nxc5 exf4 11. Kd4# { Game ends by variant rule. } 1-0