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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Nu2wpq8d"] [Date "2026.01.27"] [Round "-"] [White "Matvei2016"] [Black "LucasSova"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2026.01.27"] [UTCTime "16:33:23"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. Bc4 f5 3. Nh3 f4 4. exf4 exf4 5. Nxf4 Bc5 6. O-O h5 7. Nd3 Rh6 8. Nxc5 Qg5 9. Qf3 Rg6 10. Ne4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nec3 Rg4 13. Ne4 Rh4 14. Ng5 Qxh2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1