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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/PQrdu1BU"] [Date "2026.09.24"] [Round "-"] [White "Ionela9"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.09.24"] [UTCTime "15:30:04"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [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 } d6 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Bxd7 9. O-O a5 10. Nc3 b4 11. Ne2 Bc5 12. g4 Nxg4 13. h3 Nxf2 14. Qe1 f5 15. Bc4 g5 16. d3 Nxh3+ 17. Kh2 Bd6+ 18. Kxh3 g4+ 19. Kg2 O-O 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Nd4 Rf6 22. Bg5 Be5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. Rxf5 Qe7 27. c4 a4 28. Rc1 b3 29. axb3 axb3 30. c5 Re8 31. Qf1 Qxe6 32. Rxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Rf1 Re2+ 35. Kg1 g3 36. Qh6 Rxb2 37. Rf6 Rf2 38. Qf8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0