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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/HQ8yIzYH"] [Date "2026.08.17"] [Round "-"] [White "Vlad1234"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.08.17"] [UTCTime "16:34:39"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense } 2. Bc4 b6 3. Nf3 Ba6 4. Bb3 e6 5. d3 Be7 6. d4 Rc8 7. c4 d6 8. O-O Nb4 9. Bd2 Nh6 10. c5 O-O 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Bxb4 Bd8 13. d5 Qd7 14. dxe6 Qe8 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Bd6 cxd6 17. exf7+ Qxf7 18. e5 Qb7 19. Qc1 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 dxe5 21. Nh4 Qb8 22. g4 Qa8 23. f3 Rxf3+ 24. Ke1 Re3+ 25. Kf1 Rh3 26. Ke1 Rxh4 27. Kd1 Rxh2 28. g5 Qh1# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1