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Corresp.
Anonymous
russuana (1500?)
Checkmate • White is victorious
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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/UX3R8cYd"] [Date "2026.05.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "russuana"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.05.22"] [UTCTime "17:26:25"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "C01"] [Opening "French Defense: Exchange Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation } exd5 4. Qe2+ Be7 5. Qb5+ c6 6. Qe2 Nd7 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qf5 Qe8+ 13. Kd1 b6 14. Bd3 Bb4 15. Nxd5 Nc5 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Nxf6+ Kh8 18. Qh7# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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