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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Qk9Duo2K"] [Date "2021.08.19"] [Round "-"] [White "roscaioana"] [Black "kmi_26"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2021.08.19"] [UTCTime "14:43:41"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A40"] [Opening "Horwitz Defense"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. d4 e6 { A40 Horwitz Defense } 2. h4 f5 3. Bg5 Be7 4. Qd3 b5 5. Qxb5 c6 6. Qa4 Bd6 7. Bxd8 Kxd8 8. Qa5+ Ke8 9. e4 fxe4 10. Be2 c5 11. Bh5+ Kf8 12. Qd8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0