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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/Vu9QdDa0"] [Date "2025.06.03"] [Round "-"] [White "Anonymous"] [Black "Albatros"] [Result "0-1"] [UTCDate "2025.06.03"] [UTCTime "16:35:59"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "1500"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e3 { A00 Van't Kruijs Opening } e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Qd2 Bc5 4. Ke2 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. c4 Bg4+ 7. Ke1 O-O 8. Be2 Qd7 9. Nf3 a6 10. Kf1 exf4 11. Rg1 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 fxe3 13. Bxe3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh3+ 15. Rg2 Rae8 16. Ke1 Rxe3 17. Rf2 Nd4 18. Rf1 Qg2 19. Nd2 Qxe2# { Black wins by checkmate. } 0-1