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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/F9BkdROn"] [Date "2026.08.14"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.08.14"] [UTCTime "17:28:52"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Steinitz Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. e5 { C00 French Defense: Steinitz Attack } d6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Ba4 dxe5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nd4 e5 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. d3 exd3 10. cxd3 b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ne2 Na6 13. Ba4 Qxd3 14. Qxd3 Bxd3 15. Bxc6+ Kd8 16. Bxa8 Nc5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. O-O-O e4 19. Nd4 Kd7 20. Nc6 Rxa8 21. Rhe1 Ng4 22. Nxb4 Nxh2 23. Bg5 Rb8 24. a3 Nb3# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1