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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/MC6U1ytd"] [Date "2026.07.29"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Margarint20"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.29"] [UTCTime "15:29:23"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bd3 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Bb5 Nb4 9. a3 c5 10. b3 c4 11. c3 a6 12. axb4 axb5 13. Bg5 b6 14. Bc1 Ra5 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Rxa5 cxb3 17. Ra8 b4 18. Qxb3 Nxc3 19. Qxb4 Nxb1 20. Qxb1 f5 21. h3 f4 22. Ng5 f3 23. Nxf3 Qc7 24. Bd2 Qc4 25. Rd1 Ba6 26. Ng5 Qe2 27. Qxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0