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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9EFvIcTH"] [Date "2026.05.30"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Valentin"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.30"] [UTCTime "11:15:17"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd2 d5 7. c5 Qd7 8. Bb5 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. a4 Qd6 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Bxc6+ Qxc6 13. Nxc6 Rb8 14. Nxb8 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 Rf8 16. Nc6 f5 17. Nxe7 f4 18. Nxc8 fxe3+ 19. Kxe3 Rf5 20. Rf1 Re5+ 21. dxe5 g5 22. Kd4 c6 23. Nxb6 g4 24. Qxg4 h6 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Rf7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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