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[Event "Casual Correspondence game"] [Site "http://chess-academy.net/WgVbMWJp"] [Date "2026.07.16"] [Round "-"] [White "Margarint20"] [Black "Anonymous"] [Result "1-0"] [UTCDate "2026.07.16"] [UTCTime "15:32:11"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "chess-academy.net"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 { B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Franco-Nimzowitsch Variation } 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bc4 Na5 5. Bb5 c6 6. Ba4 b5 7. O-O bxa4 8. Nxa4 h5 9. Ng5 Nxe4 10. d3 Nxg5 11. Bf4 Ne4 12. dxe4 Rh6 13. Qe1 Rf6 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bc7 Bc5 17. Qd3 Ba6 18. Qh3 d5 19. exd5 e5 20. Rae1 Bc8 21. Rxe5+ Kf8 22. dxc6 Bxh3 23. gxh3 Rxc6 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Rxh5 Rxb2 26. Re1 Rxc2 27. Rh8# { White wins by checkmate. } 1-0
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