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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/M3LGtnUj"] [Date "2025.08.21"] [Round "-"] [White "kmi_26"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.08.21"] [UTCTime "07:32:19"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C41"] [Opening "Philidor Defense #2"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 { C41 Philidor Defense #2 } 3. b4 Nd7 4. Bb5 c6 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bxd5 Nb6 8. a3 Nxd5 9. Nxe5 f6 10. Nc4 b5 11. Nb2 Nf4 12. d3 Nxg2+ 13. Kf1 Ne7 14. Kxg2 f5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Nc3 Qg6 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Qxh5 19. Rxh5 g6 20. Rh3 Bg7 21. d4 Nd5 22. Qe1+ Be5 23. Qxe5+ Kf7 24. Nxd5 Rd8 25. Bxd8 Kf8 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0