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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/KaGsw0M1"] [Date "2026.08.04"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Vlad1234"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.08.04"] [UTCTime "15:12:40"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Ware Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. a4 { A00 Ware Opening } a5 2. h4 h5 3. Rh3 e5 4. Re3 d5 5. Rxe5+ Be7 6. d4 Nf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Rg5 Kh7 10. Rxh5+ Nxh5 11. Qxh5+ Kg8 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Ra3 Qxd4 14. hxg5 g6 15. Qh4 c5 16. Rh3 c4 17. c3 Qc5 18. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0