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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/LHcvX9ZE"] [Date "2026.01.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Ion123"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.16"] [UTCTime "15:24:13"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Qd3 Bb4+ 3. c3 Ba5 4. e4 Nc6 5. d5 Nb4 6. cxb4 Bxb4+ 7. Nd2 e5 8. Qc4 Bd6 9. Qc3 Qh4 10. Ndf3 Qxe4+ 11. Be2 Nf6 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. Nh3 Qf5 14. O-O h6 15. Bc1 e4 16. Nh4 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Nxf2+ 18. Nxf2 Rh7 19. Nxf5 h5 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 22. Bxh5 Bd6 23. Bh6+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ Kf8 25. Qh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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