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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/TY5BiVby"] [Date "2025.12.05"] [Round "-"] [White "kmi_26"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2025.12.05"] [UTCTime "15:40:07"] [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 } d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. d3 g5 6. O-O g4 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. d4 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Qxg4 Nc5 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. a3 Nba6 13. b3 Qc6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Bg5 Rc8 16. b4 Ra8 17. bxc5 Qxc5 18. Re3 O-O 19. Bf6# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0