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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/79XYzp2O"] [Date "2026.09.02"] [Round "-"] [White "Rose1"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.02"] [UTCTime "16:25:59"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C42"] [Opening "Russian Game: Three Knights Game"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game } Be7 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Na6 7. b3 Ba3 8. Bxa3 Re8 9. b4 Kh8 10. Na4 Rg8 11. Ng5 Qf8 12. b5 Qc5 13. Nxc5 Ne8 14. Nb3 d6 15. Bd5 Rf8 16. Qf3 f6 17. Ne6 Rf7 18. Bc4 Re7 19. Rae1 Bd7 20. Nec5 h5 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. N7a5 Bf5 23. exf5 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nxc5 Nd6 26. Qxh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0