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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/P5xOcvw8"] [Date "2026.01.06"] [Round "-"] [White "kmi_26"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.01.06"] [UTCTime "10:11:52"] [WhiteElo "1576"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C00"] [Opening "French Defense: Knight Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 { C00 French Defense: Knight Variation } f6 3. h3 f5 4. exf5 exf5 5. d3 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Nh6 7. Bxh6 gxh6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. a4 Bg7 10. g4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qd2 c6 13. O-O-O Qa3+ 14. Kb1 Qc1+ 15. Rxc1 fxg4 16. hxg4 a5 17. Ne5 c5 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Rxh6 Rxf2 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Bd3 Bxg4 23. Rxh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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