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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KN2hI8kc"] [Date "2021.09.27"] [Round "-"] [White "zuko2010"] [Black "popadamian"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.09.27"] [UTCTime "14:35:22"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1458"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "St. George Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 a6 { B00 St. George Defense } 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Be3 h6 5. g4 g6 6. e5 f5 7. gxf5 gxf5 8. Qh5# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0