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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/NDMcQRqX"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [Round "-"] [White "pablo"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.20"] [UTCTime "18:34:00"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e6 2. Bb5 Qh4 3. g3 Qf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d4 Qg6 8. c3 Nf6 9. f3 e5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. f4 Qxe4+ 15. Ne2 Qxh1+ 16. Kd2 Qg2 17. Ke1 Qxh2 18. c4 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 b5 20. Qxh1 bxc4 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 c5 23. Qxa8 O-O 24. Qxa7 d5 25. Qxc5 d4 26. Qxd4 Rd8 27. Qxd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0