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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/9oHtvs7b"] [Date "2026.08.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Tima"] [Black "marindragutan"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.17"] [UTCTime "11:44:58"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C10"] [Opening "French Defense: Paulsen Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 { C10 French Defense: Paulsen Variation } Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Ne7 6. dxe6 fxe6 7. Nd2 Nf5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 Nxd4 10. Bd3 e5 11. b4 Bxb4 12. Na4 b5 13. O-O bxa4 14. Nb1 e4 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. c3 Qc5 17. cxd4 Qf5 18. h3 Kf8 19. Qxa4 Bc3 20. Nxc3 e3 21. fxe3 Qg5 22. Qxc6 Rb8 23. Ba3+ Rb4 24. Bxb4+ Qc5 25. Qxc5+ Ke8 26. Qxc8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0